Rita Levi-Montalcini: the neurologist who challenged fascism
Rita Levi-Montalcini was a researcher in the field of neuroscience, Italian and Jewish in origin, who discovered the nerve growth factor and rightfully earned the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, alongside her collaborator Stanley Cohen. She was persecuted by the fascist dictatorship of B...
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| description | Rita Levi-Montalcini was a researcher in the field of neuroscience, Italian and Jewish in origin, who discovered the nerve growth factor and rightfully earned the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, alongside her collaborator Stanley Cohen. She was persecuted by the fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini and experienced gender and religious discrimination throughout her entire life. Despite these obstacles, she carried out her activities with diligence and grace, becoming a role model in the field. This paper reviews the life and career of Rita Levi-Montalcini. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-27c5cde8454147c8b025e7c29a3d9b9e2025-08-20T03:17:59ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria0004-282X1678-42272023-01-01810109509810.1055/s-0043-1761426Rita Levi-Montalcini: the neurologist who challenged fascismLéo Coutinho0Hélio A. Ghizoni Teive1Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Curitiba PR, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna, Curitiba PR, Brazil.Rita Levi-Montalcini was a researcher in the field of neuroscience, Italian and Jewish in origin, who discovered the nerve growth factor and rightfully earned the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, alongside her collaborator Stanley Cohen. She was persecuted by the fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini and experienced gender and religious discrimination throughout her entire life. Despite these obstacles, she carried out her activities with diligence and grace, becoming a role model in the field. This paper reviews the life and career of Rita Levi-Montalcini.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1761426history of medicineneurologyneurosciencesnerve growth factorneurodegenerative diseases |
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| title | Rita Levi-Montalcini: the neurologist who challenged fascism |
| title_full | Rita Levi-Montalcini: the neurologist who challenged fascism |
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| title_short | Rita Levi-Montalcini: the neurologist who challenged fascism |
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| topic | history of medicine neurology neurosciences nerve growth factor neurodegenerative diseases |
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