Nobel Prize to the three scientists who discovered the brain’s “GPS System”

The Nobel Prize has been awarded to the three scientists who discovered the brain’s “GPS System” in physiology or medicine category. UK-based researcher Prof John O’Keefe as well as May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser share the award. The researchers discovered the function of brain, how the brain knows where we are and is able to navigate from one place to another. This study of brain helps in explaining why a patient suffering from Alzheimer’s can’t recognize their surroundings.

The Nobel Assembly said that this discovery have solved a problem which is back centuries, which is occupied by philosophers and scientists. The first part of brain’s internal positioning system was discovered by O’Keefe a professor from University College London. Prof is extreme happy when heard about winning the highest prize. He said “I’m totally delighted and thrilled. I’m still in state of shock; it’s the highest accolade you can get”. From his discovery it is shown that when there is a rat in a room at a location then the set of nerve cells became activated, and when the rat is in different location in the same room then another set of cells were active. May-Britt and Edvard the husband and wife have discovered that there is a different part of brain which acts like a nautical chart in the year 2005. The Nobel committee said the combination of grid and place cells constitutes a comprehensive positioning system, an inner GPS, in the brain. Due to this the nervous system is affected causing several brain disorders which includes the diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.