Alexander Cools
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| Born | 1941 |
| Died | 7 September 2013 (aged 71) Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Known for | Research on dopamine and the basal ganglia |
| Awards | Distinguished Achievement Award (EBPS) |
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| Fields | Psychoneuropharmacology |
| Institutions | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Thesis | The Caudate Nucleus and Neurochemical Control of Behaviour: The Function of Dopamine and Serotonin in the Caput Nuclei Caudati of Cats (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jacques van Rossum, Jo Vossen |
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Alexander ("Lex") Rudolf Cools (1941 in The Hague – 7 September 2013 in Nijmegen) was a Dutch behavioral pharmacologist.
He obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Jacques van Rossum and Jo Vossen in 1973 at the Radboud University Nijmegen,[1] where he was a professor from 1985 until his retirement in 2006.[2][3] In 2014, a special issue of the scientific journal Behavioural Pharmacology was dedicated to his memory.[4] Cools was one of the founders of the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society and its second president.[3] In 2003 he received that society's Distinguished Achievement Award.[3]
In 1976, Cools was the first to propose the existence of different types of dopamine receptors,[5] an essentially correct claim that initially was generally dismissed.[3]
Besides his work on dopamine, Cools is mostly known for his work on the basal ganglia[2][3][4] and the dorsal and ventral striatum.[6]
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