title: In memory of Amico Bignami (1930-1994).
abstract: Amico Bignami, neuropathologist and neuroscientist, professor of Neuropathology at Harvard Medical School, died on August 5, 1994. He is best known for his pioneering work on spongiform encephalopathies and intermediate filaments, in particular glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gambetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palladini
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vanderhaeghen
mesh_terms: D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000266:history; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000266:history; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein