Rafael Lorente de Nó (April 8, 1902 – April 2, 1990) was a Spanish neuroscientist who advanced the scientific understanding of the nervous system with his seminal research.
[1][2] The National Academies Press called him "one of the premier neurophysiologists in the United States".
[2] Lorente de Nó was born in Zaragoza, Spain.
[2] He immigrated to the United States in 1931 when he accepted a position at the Central Institute for the Deaf in St.
[4][5] Lorente de Nó was an active member of several academic societies, among them the American Physiological Society and the American Association of Anatomists.