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Cerebral Cortex 2007 17(Supplement 1):i1-i3; doi:10.1093/cercor/bhm112
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Forward to the Special Issue on the Prefrontal Cortex and Working Memory: In Memory of Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic

Pasko Rakic

Department of Neurobiology and the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

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It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Kavli Symposium on the Prefrontal Cortex and Working Memory at Yale University in Memory of Patricia Shoer Goldman-Rakic.

In a few months, it will be 3 years that Pat was suddenly silenced in a tragic accident as she was reaching the peak of her career. Although time has passed, Pat's contributions to our understanding of the mysteries of the prefrontal cortex stand as a permanent tribute to her talent, creativity, and persistence in following a path that was thought for many years to be blocked by numerous immovable obstacles.

Were it not for a fatal accident, Pat would have been the host for this meeting taking place here at Yale today. Pat was committed to unraveling the secrets of the frontal lobes, and this is what this symposium is about. It was her conviction early on that to make progress in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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