Lennart Heimer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lennart Heimer

American neuroscientists of Swedish descent

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1930

Place of Birth: Östersund, Jämtland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 12-Mar-2007

Profession: university teacher, neuroscientist, neurosurgeon

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Lennart Heimer (11 March 1930 – 12 March 2007), was a Swedish-American neuroscientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia.
He was most noted for mapping circuits of the brain in the limbic lobe and basal ganglia, structures that play central roles in emotion processing and movement.