Huda Akil
Syrian-American neuroscientist
- Born
- 19 May 1945, Damascus
- Age
- 81
Huda Akil (born 1945) is a Syrian-American neuroscientist whose research has contributed to the understanding of the neurobiology of emotions, including pain, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Akil and her colleagues are best known for providing the first physiological evidence for a role of endorphins in the brain and demonstrating that endorphins are activated by stress and can cause pain inhibition.
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