The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014
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John O'Keefe
Prize share: 1/2
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May-Britt Moser
Prize share: 1/4
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Edvard I. Moser
Prize share: 1/4
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was divided, one half awarded to John O'Keefe, the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain"
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