Masao Ito, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Masao Ito

neuroscientist

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1928

Place of Birth: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 18-Dec-2018

Profession: physician, university teacher, neuroscientist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Masao Ito (?? ??, Ito Masao, December 4, 1928 – December 18, 2018) was a Japanese neuroscientist, and director of the Riken Brain Science Institute.
He won the 2006 Gruber Prize in Neuroscience and the 1996 Japan Prize.
He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1992.