André Barbeau, (27 May 1931 – 9 March 1986) was a

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neurologist Neurology (from , "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the ...

. He was known for his research into

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and

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and taurine research. Born in

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, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Collège Stanislas and his medical degree from the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

. He was the director of the neurobiology department at the

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(Montreal Clinical Research Institute), affiliated with the

. In 1980, he was made an Officer of the

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. In 1985, he was awarded the Quebec government's

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. In 1986, he was awarded the

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. He died in 1986 and was buried in Notre-Dame-des Cemetery in Montreal.

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* 1931 births 1986 deaths Canadian medical writers Canadian neurologists Canadian neuroscientists Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Officers of the Order of Canada Physicians from Montreal Université de Montréal alumni Academic staff of the Université de Montréal Writers from Montreal 20th-century Canadian physicians Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery {{Canada-med-bio-stub