Publications

Authors:

BENTIVOGLIO FALES, Marina

Title:

Looking at the future with Rita.

Year:

2013

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

Neuroscience

ISSN of journal:

0306-4522

N° Volume:

252

Page numbers:

438-442

Keyword:

Rita Levi-Montalcini; aging brain; capacity-building; African women

Short description of contents:

This paper on Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012), who received in 1986 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of nerve growth factor, focuses on aspects of her advocacy and her commitment to education in which she has been especially active in the last part of her long life. With passionate confidence on the capabilities of the aging brain (together with severe admonition against the pursuit of immortality), she encouraged contributions of senior citizens to the society. Always projected into the future, with enduring faith in the potential of young individuals, in education as a key to development, in the capabilities of women, in the importance of gender equality, Rita established in 2001 the Rita Levi-Montalcini Foundation for the education of African women. Her legacy on engagement for a better ‘global village’ should not be forgotten by the neuroscience community.

Web page:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.08.013

Product ID:

78867

Handle IRIS:

11562/645360

Deposited On:

December 12, 2013

Last Modified:

November 17, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

BENTIVOGLIO FALES, Marina, Looking at the future with Rita. «Neuroscience» , vol. 252 , 2013 , pp. 438-442

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