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This Week in (Neuroscience) History

November 6

Discovery of Neurotransmission (1921) - Otto Loewi demonstrated chemical neurotransmission between neurons, a finding that revolutionized understanding of neural communication and earned him a Nobel Prize.

Birth of Wilder Penfield (1891) - Canadian neurosurgeon who pioneered the mapping of the brain's motor and sensory cortices through electrical stimulation during surgery, creating the famous "homunculus" representation.

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