Georg Kreutzberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Kreutzberg

German neuroscientist

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1932

Place of Birth: Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Mar-2019

Profession: university teacher, neuroscientist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Georg W.
Kreutzberg (September 2, 1932 in Ahrweiler – March 20, 2019) was a German neuromorphologist.
Kreutzberg was long-serving director at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried near Munich. He remained active as emeritus director at that institute.
His various research interests have included microglia cells, neuropathology and nerve regeneration following trauma (especially paraplegia and quadriplegia), fraud in science, correct reporting of scientific research to laypeople and the history of neuroscience in Germany.