Palay, Sanford L.

Variant names

Hide Profile

A pioneering neuroscientist, Sanford L. Palay began research into the structure and function of the brain as a student at Western Reserve Medical School (MD, 1943). His research on the fine structure of synaptic vesicles at the Rockefeller Institute in 1953, resulted in a series of electron micrographs that are often cited as the first images of the synapse and of the structures that release messenger chemicals in the brain. His later work at the National Institutes of Health and at Harvard Medical School (1961-1989) helped provide a well rounded picture of the structure of neuroglia (cells that support and protect neurons) and of the cerebellum. Palay was the long-time editor of the Journal of Comparative Neurology.

From the guide to the Sanford Louis Palay Papers, 1938-2002, 1938-2002, (American Philosophical Society)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Sanford Louis Palay Papers, 1938-2002, 1938-2002 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Hugh Clark Papers., undated, 1947-1998. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
correspondedWith Clark, Hugh, 1914- person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Subject
Brain
Occupation
Activity

Person

Birth 1918-09-23

Death 2002-08-05

Americans

English

Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mx55xs

Ark ID: w6mx55xs

SNAC ID: 41112156