Brain Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on several aspects of neuroscience. It publishes research reports and "minireviews". The editor-in-chief is Irwin B. Levitan.

Until 2011, full reviews were published in Brain Research Reviews, which is now integrated into the main section. In 2006, four other previously established semi-independent journal sections (Cognitive Brain Research, Developmental Brain Research, Molecular Brain Research, and Brain Research Protocols) were merged with Brain Research.

The journal has nine main subsections:

• Cellular and Molecular Biology of Nervous Systems
• Nervous System Development, Regeneration and Aging
• Neurophysiology, Neuropharmacology and other forms of Intercellular Communication
• Structural Organization of the Brain
• Sensory and Motor Systems
• Regulatory Systems
• Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
• Disease-Related Neuroscience
• Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience

Abstracting and indexing[link]

Brain Research is indexed in:

Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Puck at the 2010 Academy Awards
Born	Wolfgang Johannes Topfschnig (1949-07-08) July 8, 1949 (age 62) Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
Cooking style	California, French, and Fusion
Education	Apprenticeship
Spouse	Gelila Assefa (2007–present)
Current restaurant(s) Spago (Beverly Hills) Spago (Las Vegas) Spago (Maui) Spago (Colorado) Cut and sideBar (Beverly Hills) Vert (Hollywood) Chinois (Santa Monica) Chinois (Las Vegas) Postrio (San Francisco) Postrio (Las Vegas) Trattoria del Lupo (Las Vegas) Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill (Las Vegas) Wolfgang Puck American Grille (Atlantic City) Wolfgang Puck Grille (Detroit) 20.21 (Minneapolis) The Source (Washington, DC) CUT (Las Vegas) Wolfgang Puck Express (numerous)
Television show(s) Iron Chef America Las Vegas Frasier Food Network Good Morning America

Wolfgang Johannes Puck (born Wolfgang Johannes Topfschnig; July 8, 1949) is an Austrian celebrity chef, restaurateur, businessman and occasional actor. Wolfgang Puck restaurants, catering services, cookbooks and licensed products are run by Wolfgang Puck Companies, with three divisions.

Life and career[link]

He was born to Maria Worth and a butcher, who abandoned her before their child's birth. In 1956, Maria married Josef Puck, who adopted Puck. The marriage produced another son and two daughters.

Puck learned cooking from his mother, who sometimes worked as a pastry chef. He trained as an apprentice under Raymond Thuilier at L'Oustau de Baumanière in Les Baux-de-Provence, at Hotel de Paris in Monaco, and at Maxim's Paris before moving to the United States in 1973 at age 25. After two years at La Tour in Indianapolis, Puck moved to Los Angeles to become chef and part owner at Ma Maison restaurant.

Puck in 1988

Following the 1981 publication of his first cookbook, Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen based on his Ma Maison recipes, Puck opened the restaurant Spago on the Sunset Strip in 1982. Fifteen years later, in 1997, Puck opened the award-winning Spago in Beverly Hills,^[1] which has been recognized as one of the Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S. since 2004. His success enabled him to launch the Wolfgang Puck Companies which includes the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. and Wolfgang Puck Catering. The Wolfgang Puck Companies encompasses over 20 fine dining restaurants,^[2] premium catering services, more than 80 Wolfgang Puck Express operations, and kitchen and food merchandise, including cookbooks and canned foods. He is the official caterer for the Academy Awards Governors Ball, and has parlayed his celebrity into acting; his credits include Frasier, a recurring role as himself on Las Vegas and a cameo appearance on The Weather Man. He also appeared as himself on Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters, as well as Cooking Class with Wolfgang Puck on The Food Network, and in an American Idol season finale episode where he introduced unusual foods to Kellie Pickler in comic relief segments. He also made a cameo appearance as himself on an episode of Tales from the Crypt, and appeared in a TV commercial advertising California (along with famous people such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack Nicholson).

Puck is active in philanthropic endeavors and charitable organizations, co-founding the Puck-Lazaroff Charitable Foundation in 1982. The foundation supports the annual American Wine & Food Festival which benefits Meals on Wheels and has raised more than $15 million since its inception.

Puck is The Honorary Chair Chef for the "Five Star Sensation" Benefit in Cleveland, Ohio every two years helping to bring $10 million to support The Ireland Cancer Foundation of University Hospitals.^[3]

Puck's favorite food is macaroons.^[4]

Puck is married to designer Gelila Assefa.

Awards and honors[link]

Spago Beverly Hills received a James Beard Foundation Outstanding Service Award in 2005. It was awarded two Michelin stars in the 2008 and 2009 Los Angeles Michelin Guide.^[5]

In 1993, Spago Hollywood was inducted into the Nation's Restaurant News Fine Dining Hall of Fame.^[6] The next year it received the James Beard Restaurant of the Year Award.

In 2002, Puck received the 2001–2002 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Service Show, Wolfgang Puck.

Restaurants[link]

• Spago, Puck's first restaurant opened on the Sunset Strip serving California cuisine.
• Chinois on Main, Santa Monica, California (1983), Asian fusion.
• Postrio, San Francisco (1989), Mediterranean and Asian fusion.
• Spago, Beverly Hills (1997), known for serving California cuisine. Spago Beverly Hills, Spago Las Vegas, Spago Maui, and Spago Beaver Creek.
• Postrio, Las Vegas.
• Trattoria del Lupo, Las Vegas.
• CUT in London, Beverly Hills, Las Vegas and Singapore's Marina Bay Sands resort.^[7]
• Five-Sixty is located in Dallas, Texas and features Asian-inspired New American cuisine.
• The Source, Washington, DC, modern interpretation of Asian cuisine located at the Newseum.^[8]
• Wolfgang Puck B&G (2009) in Los Angeles.
• Wolfgang Puck in Walt Disney World. It is located in Downtown Disney.
• Museum of Science in Boston.
• Wolfgang Puck Grille, a signature restaurant of MGM Grand Detroit in Detroit.
• Wolfgang Puck American Grille, a signature restaurant located in the Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.
• Springs Preserve Café, Las Vegas.
• WP24 by Wolfgang Puck located in The Ritz-Carlton in downtown Los Angeles, modern Chinese cuisine.
• Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria in Cucina, Las Vegas.
• Wolfgang Puck Bistro in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Jai by Wolfgang Puck in La Jolla, CA.
• Wolfgang Puck Bistro located in the JC Penney Flagship store in the Manhattan Mall in New York City (opening in Summer 2012).
• Wolfgang Puck Express located in JC Penney in Pittsburgh at Monroeville Mall (scheduled for opening in October 2012).
• Wolfgang Puck Express located in Denver International Airport in Denver, CO

Bibliography[link]

Wolfgang Puck at the 2009 Academy Awards

• Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen (1980)
• The Wolfgang Puck Cookbook (1986)
• Adventures in the Kitchen with Wolfgang Puck (1991)
• Pizza, Pasta, and More (2000)
• Live, Love, Eat (2002)
• Wolfgang Puck Makes it Easy (2004)

Television and movie credits[link]

• Keeping Up With the Kardashians (Chef to Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries Wedding)
• Hell's Kitchen (U.S.) (Guest Judge) 2011 TV Show Series
• The Next Food Network Star (Guest Judge) 2011 TV Show Series
• The Smurfs (Chef Smurf) 2011 Movie
• Top Chef: New York (Guest Judge) 2011 TV Show Series
• Top Chef: Las Vegas (Guest Judge) 2009 TV Show Series
• Celebrity Cooking Showdown (Reality Cast Member) 2006 TV Show Series
• Las Vegas (four episodes) 2006: As Himself
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes (Remarks by) 2005 TV Show Series
• The Weather Man (Actor - Himself) 2005 Movie
• The Simpsons: "The Bart Wants What It Wants" (Guest Star) - 2002 TV Show Series
• Wolfgang Puck series 2001 S
• The Muse (Actor - Himself) 1999 Movie^[9]
• Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters
• Frasier episode: The Proposal (Actor - Himself) TV Show Series
• The Jay Leno Show: "Jaywalking" (Himself) October 13, 2009
• Tales from the Crypt: "Werewolf Concerto" (Himself) September 9, 1992^[10]

Mentioned by the character Richard Thornburg in Die Hard (1988), played by William Atherton, when on the phone to someone he wishes to take to a restaurant. He says, "Of course we can get a table. I know Wolfgang personally. I interviewed him."

See also[link]

	Los Angeles portal
	Food portal

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Wolfgang Puck at the Internet Movie Database
• "Wolfgang Puck: Biography"; WolfgangPuck.com (2005); retrieved January 30, 2006
• "Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group-Spago" retrieved September 26, 2008
• "Wolfgang Puck Answers 10 Questions"
• "2001-2002 Daytime Emmy Awards"

David J. Linden is an American professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and the author of The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God. ^[1] The book The Accidental Mind is an attempt to explain the human brain to intelligent lay readers, and recently received a silver medal in the category of Science from the Independent Publisher Association.^[2] As of July 1, 2008, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurophysiology.^[3] Linden's second book, The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good, was released on April 14, 2011 (ISBN 978-0670022588).

In addition to Linden's academic research, he is known as a popularizer of brain science, often making biochemistry understandable to non-science majors in his numerous appearances on the radio and on college campuses.

Brain Chemistry and Neuroscience[link]

Most of Linden's undergraduate work was performed at University of California, Berkeley; his graduate work took place at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He also worked briefly at Hoffmann-La Roche, in Nutley, New Jersey after receiving his doctorate. The aspect of his work that appeals to "lay people" is becoming increasingly popular, which has led to appearances around the country in which he discusses quirky facts about brain chemistry, and grants interviews on neuroscience. At a recent talk for freshmen at a liberal arts college, he proclaimed I had no idea my book would become required reading for 500 freshmen. I'm so sorry; I feel like those guys who worked on the Manhattan Project.

Newsweek ran an extensive summary of The Accidental Mind in 2007 by Sharon Begley that summarized his conclusions:

To [David Linden], the brain is a 'cobbled-together mess.' Impressive in function, sure. But in its design the brain is 'quirky, inefficient and bizarre ... a weird agglomeration of ad hoc solutions that have accumulated throughout millions of years of evolutionary history.' ... More than another salvo in the battle over whether biological structures are the products of supernatural design or biological evolution ... research on our brain's primitive foundation is cracking such puzzles as why we cannot tickle ourselves, why we are driven to spin narratives even in our dreams, and why reptilian traits persist in our gray matter.^[4]

In the spring of 2007 the online magazine Slate ran a roundup of interviews with the nation's top popularizers of brain science in which Linden declared, somewhat facetiously:

One area of social cognition wherein humans really excel is knowing the precise direction of another's gaze. In practical terms, this means that if you're at a conference and you try to surreptitiously flick your eyes to a colleague's name badge (or her breasts), you'll get busted every time. This knowledge should prevent me from trying to get away with these behaviors, but it doesn't." ^[5]

Personal life[link]

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Born in 1961, Linden grew up in Santa Monica, California; his late father was a well-regarded psychiatrist in Los Angeles with a celebrity clientele; his mother, now retired, was an editor of (and proofreader for) textbook publishers.

Linden attended Santa Monica High School, where he associated with a crowd that called itself "The Olive Starlight Orchestra," or "The Olives" for short (the group had nothing to do with music). He knew people like Sandra Tsing Loh, Daphne Nugent, Jan Steckel, film editor Kate Sanford, internet activist Susan P. Crawford, mathematician and teacher Paul Lockhart, entrepreneur Keith Goldfarb (co-founder of Rhythm and Hues), computer-graphics researcher Greg Turk, and speculative fiction writer Janine Ellen Young. The Olives were loosely affiliated with Tsing Loh's organization at Samohi, "The Young Bureaucrats, Of Coarse," and were referred to by blogger Joy McCann as "the late 20th Century's Bloomsbury Group."

Linden is an amateur photographer, and has held a few private exhibitions, including one that featured pictures of house paint, and one in the 1990s that concentrated on images of neon signage.

Linden now lives in Baltimore with his daughter and son.

Writings[link]

The Web of Science lists 87 articles in peer-reviewed journals for Linden, which have been cited over 6000 times, giving him an h-index of over 40.^[6]

• David Linden (2007). The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02478-6. 
• David Linden (2003). "From Molecules to Memory in the Cerebellum". Science 301 (5640): 1682. DOI:10.1126/science.1090462. PMID 14500971. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/301/5640/1682. 
• David Linden, Joane Trestrail (May 1986). "Neon Lights up the Night". Chicago Magazine. http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/1982-2000-1982/May-1986-Table-of-Contents/. 

Linden was also featured in a tribute to children's literature entitled Everything I Need To Know I Learned from a Children's Book, compiled by Anita Silvey and published in 2009; his contribution was an ode to Homer Price.

See also[link]

• Neurophysiology
• Brain
• Mind
• Philosophy of Mind

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dr. Linden's Official Web Page
• Biography at The Physiologist
• Article about The Accidental Mind in Newsweek
• Article about the nation's top popular writers on neuroscience in an April, 2007 issue of Slate