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Walter Rudolf Hess was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for his discoveries about how different brain regions control bodily functions like heart rate and blood pressure. His work was foundational to understanding how the brain regulates the body's internal systems and laid groundwork for modern neuroscience.
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Walter Rudolf Hess (17 March 1881 – 12 August 1973) was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. He shared the prize with Egas Moniz.
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