Jerry Silver is an American neuroscientist and professor in the Department of Neurosciences at

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Case Western Reserve School of Medicine (CWRU SOM, CaseMed) is the medical school of Case Western Reserve University, a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the largest biomedical research center in Ohio. History On November 1 ...

. He is known for his research using

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models to develop treatments for

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. He became a fellow of the

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in 2011.

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* Living people American neuroscientists Case Western Reserve University faculty Case Western Reserve University alumni Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Year of birth missing (living people) {{Neuroscientist-stub