Linda R. Watkins
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| Born | Linda R. Watkins 1954 (age 71–72) |
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| Institutions | University of Colorado Boulder |
Linda R. Watkins (born 1954) is an American biochemist and physiologist. She discovered that glial cells can play a key role in the neuronal treatment of pain.
Since 1988 she has been a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.[1]
In 2010, she was awarded the Prince of Asturias Awards for Technical and Scientific Research along David Julius and Baruch Minke.[2]
