Bror Anders Rexed (19 June 1914 – 21 August 2002) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

neuroscientist A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist who has specialised knowledge in neuroscience, a branch of biology that deals with the physiology, biochemistry, psychology, anatomy and molecular biology of neurons, neural circuits, and glial ...

and professor at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance during ...

. Internationally, he is best known today for his development of the system now known as

Rexed laminae The Rexed laminae comprise a system of ten layers of grey matter (I–X), identified in the early 1950s by Bror Rexed to label portions of the grey columns of the spinal cord. Similar to Brodmann areas, they are defined by their cellular struct ...

, but in Sweden, he is also known for his involvement in the "

du-reformen ''Du-reformen'' (, "the thou-reform") was the process of popularization of the second-person singular pronoun ''du'' as a universal form of address in Sweden that took place in the late 1960s. The use of '' du'' ( cognate with English ''thou'', ...

" of the Swedish language during the late 1960s. In 1980, he was awarded the Léon Bernard Foundation Prize.

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Bio at uu.se

1914 births 2002 deaths Swedish civil servants Swedish neurologists Academic staff of Uppsala University People from Arvika Municipality Léon Bernard Foundation Prize laureates {{Sweden-med-bio-stub