Biography
José Gabino Negrete y Martínez, Mexican neurophysiologist and computer scientist (Ciudad de Mexico 09 June 1929 –
First to set modulatory role of hormones in synaptic mechanism in a general way
Influencia de la Corteza Suprarrenal sobre el Sistema Exterofector. Bul. Inst. Estud. Med. Biol. 10(1-6):41-83, 1952
Discovered the selective and destructive manner that capsaicin affects upon synaptic vesicles and its modulatory nature
With G. Yankelevich. Anestesia local producida por capsaicina. Rev. Inst. Salubr. Enferm. Trop. Mexico 17(2):65-8, 1957
Discovered that newborn animals don’t display reflex palsy immediately after spinal cord lesions
With C. Guzmán, A. Fernandez & E.C. del Pozo. El choque espinal en gatos jóvenes. Bol. Inst. Estud. Med. Biol. Mex. 12(7):169-72, 1954
Enunciated the nature of information code of neural impulses chains
With G. Yankelevich, G. Theodoridis & L. Stark. Photosensitive neurons of the crayfish sixth ganglion as a dual system, each neuron carrying the same signal information. Quart. Progr. Report MIT 75:197-209, 1964
Authored a paper about diffusion processes of chemical means in synaptic sulcus
With J. del Castillo, I. Escobar & G. Yankelevich. Spreading activation of end-plate receptors by single transmitter quanta. Nature New Biology 235(57):158-62, 1972
Designed and invented a signal filter that detects strange waves in electroencephalogram
With W.A. Giloi. A pattern recognition filter for processing electrophysiological data. Bol. Inst. Est. Med. Biol. Mexico 24(1-3):13-21, 1966
Designed an automatic medical diagnosis system using graphic computing techniques and Bayesian theorem (1971-2)
With F. Bracho. A data structure for a diagnosis oriented informational system. Comun. Tecnicas CIMAS UNAM 4(22), 1973
Proposed a new auto-organization mechanism in conduct oriented modules
Used Minsky signs for representation of knowledge in artificial intelligence (1972)
Created an electronic system for simulation of abstract metabolic chains with educational purposes
Experi/Mentor: un aparato que tiene como objeto el auxiliar la enseñanza del método experimental y/o servir como instrumento para la evaluación de creatividad. Mem. XI Congr. Nac. Cienc. Fisiol. (1976)
With R. Hernandez del Pozo. An expert system for prediction of proneness to cardiovascular and cancer diseases based on behavioral traits. Mem 13th Ann. Conv. Assoc. Behav. Analysis (1987)
With P.P. Gonzalez Perez authored new multi-agent expert systems with emergent control (1998)
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