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other institutes was abstracted. The institute was created in 1956 for the express
purpose of studying the genetic and biological effects of radiation on plants and
animals. The research institutes directly subordinate to the Physiology Department
in order of their founding are listed below:
1. I. P. Pavlov Physiology Institute in St. Petersburg.
Located at 6 Makarova quay, U-34, St. Petersburg, 199034. Tel. 218-07-
01; for telegrams: St. Petersburg U-34 Fiziolog. Director, tel. 218-
11-18.
Retrospect: Established in 1925. The institute studies the physiology of the central
nervous system of man and animals, including the physiology of vision, speech
and hearing.
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Structure and Scientific Personnel: Vladimir A. Govirin, D. Bio. S., has been the
Director of the institute since 1981. Deputy Director Kisliakov, Iurii Ia., D. Bio.
S., since '82;
Bioacoustics Laboratory;
Bio-instrumentation Laboratory;
Cortecoviseral Physiology and Pathology Laboratory;
Digestive Physiology Laboratory;
Functional Neurochemistry Laboratory;
Gastrointenstinal Functions Laboratory;
Higher Neural Activity Laboratory;
Nutrition Laboratory;
Physiology of Acoustic Analyzer Laboratory;
Physiology of the Ear Laboratory;
Physiology of the Eye Laboratory;
Physiology of Interoception Laboratory;
Physiology of Respiration Laboratory;
Regulation of Circulation Laboratory;
Roentgenology Laboratory;
Thermoregulation Laboratory;
Computer Center.
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2. Higher Nerve Activity and Neurophysiology Institute in Moscow.
Located at 5a Butlerova st., Moscow, GSP-1, 117865. Tel. 334-70-00.
Under the direction of Academician Pavel V. Simonov.
Simonov, Pavel V., D. Med. S. Born in 1926. Academician secretary to the Physiology
Department of the Academy since October 1988. Corresponding member of the
Physiology Department of the Academy since 1981; academician since 1987. From
1961 to 1983 he was Deputy Director and since 1983, he has been Director of the
Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology Institute in Moscow that was
created in 1961 to research the general, comparative, and pathological physiology
of the nervous system--including the physiology and morphology of Pavlovian
conditioning and inhibition. The institute is subordinate to the Academy's
Physiology Department. Since 1969, he has been head of the Physiology of the
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