LABORATORY AND BRANCH RESEARCH REVIEWS 105Laboratory of Neuroanatomical
Sciences, NINDB
Neuroembryologist William F. Windle was recruited by Kety to head
the Laboratory of Neuroanatomical Sciences and his Section of the
Chief, the Section on Development and Regeneration, within the
NIMH-NINDB basic research program.
William F. Windle, Ph.D., Sc.D.
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of Medicine
Although he arrived from Morton Grove, Illinois, on January 4,
1954, with animals he temporarily had to house in Building 14 and an
ongoing research project, Windle and his staff had to remain in build
ing T-6 until May 3, 1954, before they could begin new projects.^1
The overall focus of the laboratory was the experimental analysis of
the organization of the nervous system, specifically its normal structural
and functional development.^2 Within this framework, his section’s
research fell under four categories: 1) anatomical and physiological
neurogenesis in the central and peripheral nervous system; 2) regene
rative potentialities of central and peripheral neurons; 3) experimentally
induced structural alterations in the central nervous system, especially