Juhn Atsushi Wada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Japanese Canadian neurologist
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Place of Birth: Sapporo, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
About Juhn Atsushi Wada
- Juhn Atsushi Wada, OC (born March 28, 1924) is a Japanese Canadian neurologist known for research into epilepsy and human brain asymmetry, including his description of the Wada test for cerebral hemispheric dominance of language function.
- The Wada Test remains the gold standard for establishing cerebral dominance and is conducted worldwide prior to epilepsy surgery. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the UBC Faculty of Medicine.
- He has edited 11 books and published over 300 papers on human brain asymmetry, the neurobiology of epilepsy, and kindling.
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