Per Andersen

Not to be confused with Per Thomas Andersen.

Per Oskar Andersen ForMemRS^[1] (12 January 1930 – 17 February 2020) was a Norwegian brain researcher at the University of Oslo. Research by his lab, specifically by Terje Lømo (and Timothy Bliss, who helped characterize the phenomenon years later), led to the discovery of long-term potentiation in 1966.^[2]

Per Andersen
Born	(1930-01-12)January 12, 1930
Died	February 17, 2020(2020-02-17) (aged 90)
Scientific career
Fields	Neuroscience

He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters^[3] and the Royal Society.^[4] He held honorary degrees at the University of Zürich and the Stockholm University.^[5]

He resided in Blommenholm.^[5]