James H. Schwartz (1932–13 March 2006) was an American neurobiologist and professor at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

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. He was a co-editor, with Eric R. Kandel and

Thomas Jessell Thomas Michael Jessell (2 August 1951 – 28 April 2019) was the Claire Tow Professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Columbia University in New York and a prominent developmental neuroscientist. In 2018, Columbia University announc ...

, of the well-known textbook

Principles of Neural Science First published in 1981 by Elsevier, ''Principles of Neural Science'' is an influential neuroscience textbook edited by Columbia University professors Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell. The original edition was 468 pages; ...

. His research focused on explaining the biochemical basis of learning and memory and focused on the origins of learning and animal behaviors at the cellular and molecular level. He died at age 73 from complications related to

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ...

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1932 births American biochemists Columbia University faculty Columbia Medical School faculty 2006 deaths {{US-biochemist-stub