Neuroscientist Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize for his discovery that diseased neurons in the hippocampus are the cause of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

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Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize for his work on the molecular basis of memory, but he did not discover that diseased neurons in the hippocampus are the cause of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. This is a complex and multifactorial process that is still not fully understood.

Neuroscientist Eric Kandel Won the Nobel Prize for His Discovery