Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit

This is an historical archive of the activities of the MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit (MRC ANU) that operated at the University of Oxford from 1985 until March 2015. The MRC ANU established a reputation for world-leading research on the brain, for training new generations of scientists, and for engaging the general public in neuroscience. The successes of the MRC ANU are now built upon at the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford.

Prof. Somogyi delivers Pázmány Lecture and receives honorary doctorate

10 May 2013

Péter Somogyi delivered the Péter Pázmány Lecture “Chronocircuit of space-specific neurons in the brain” at the Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest on the 9th of May. He was awarded the title ‘Doctor et Professor Honoris Causa’ in a ceremony on the 10th of May along with professors Dominique Combe (Paris), Helmut Koziol (Vienna) and Ferjan Ormeling (Utrecht). Prof Somogyi received his degrees MSc in biology in 1975 and Doctorate in cell biology (1977) at his alma mater. The Loránd Eötvös University is named after the physicist who worked and taught at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. It was founded by Bishop Péter Pázmány in 1635 and moved to Budapest later.