Krešimir Krnjević#

• 2001 Emeritus Professor of Physiology, McGill University, Canada
• 1978 - 2001 Joseph Morley Drake Professor of Physiology, McGill University
• 1978 - 1987 Chairman, Department of Physiology, McGill University
• 1965 - 1999 Director, Anaesthesia Research Department, McGill University
• 1964 - 1965 Visiting Prof., Physiology Department, McGill University, Montréal
• 1959 - 1964 Principal, then Senior Principal Scientific Officer, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
• 1956 - 1958 Postdoctoral fellow Australian National University, Australia
• 1954 - 1956 Postdoctoral fellow University of Washington, USA

• Identification of main neurotransmitters in the mammalian brain
• Identification of transmitter functions of some amino acids – especially glutamate for excitation and GABA for inhibition
• Demonstration that muscarinic excitation exerted by acetylcholine, liberated in the cortex by ascending cholinergic fibres from the basal forebrain

• 2012 Diamond Jubilee Medal
• 2001 Spiridion Brusina Prize, Croatian Natural Science Association
• 1998 Kershman Lecturer, Eastern EEG Association
• 1997 Wilder Penfield Prize, Government of Québec
• 1992 Corresponding Member Croatian Academy of Arts & Sciences
• 1990 Hon. President Almae Matris Croaticae Alumni, Québec
• 1989 Jasper Lecturer Canadian Association for Neuroscience
• 1987 Officer of the Order of Canada
• 1984 Gairdner International Award
• 1983 Honorar Member Croatian Pharmacological Association
• 1983 - 1993 Council Member International Union Physiol. Sciences (IUPS)
• 1978 Alexander Forbes Lecturer Marine Biology Labs, Woods Hole, Mass.
• 1975 Fellow Royal Society of Canada
• 1952 - 1954 Beit Memorial Fellow

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