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German neuroscientist
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Male
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Death:
15 January 2008(Canada, Canada)
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Biography
Manfred Maurus was a German scientist, assistant professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, researcher and head of the Department of Behavioral Physiology at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. Maurus was a pioneer in neuroethology, starting his work with Dr. Detlev Ploog. He specialized in investigating the neural basis of behavior in freely behaving squirrel monkeys ('Saimiri sciureus'), using radio-controlled electrical brain stimulation. Among his coworkers were Helmut Pruscha, Birgit Kühlmorgen, Paul Müller-Preuss, and Uwe Jürgens.
He retired to Canada and died January 15, 2008.