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Walter Rudolf Hess
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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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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1949
“for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rudolf
- Family name
- Hess
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Frauenfeld
- Place of death
- Muralto
- Occupation
- physiologist
- Educated at
- University of Zurich
- Employer
- University of Zurich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- surgery
- Image
- Walter Hess.jpg
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- Commons category
- Walter Rudolf Hess
- date of birth
- 1881-03-17
- date of death
- 1973-09-12
- member of
- Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium
- Commons gallery
- Walter Rudolf Hess
- place of burial
- Berlin
- name in native language
- Walter Hess
- birth name
- Walter Rudolf Hess
- interested in
- physiology
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Zug
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life and education
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