What is Michel Jouvet?
'''Michel Valentin Marcel Jouvet''' (16 November 1925 – 3 October 2017) was a French [[neurobiologist]] and [[Onirology|oneirologist]]. He was [[Emeritus]] Professor of Experimental Medicine at the [[University of Lyon]]. He was born in [[Lons-le-Saunier]], [[Jura (department)|Jura]], [[France]]. Jouvet was the researcher who first developed the [[analeptic]] drug [[Modafinil]]. He was elected in 1977 to the [[French Academy of Sciences]]. He developed the idea and term of [[Rapid eye movement|REM sleep]]. He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Jouvet_Michel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Jouvet_Michel |title=Michel Jouvet |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Jouvet died in [[Lyon]], France on 3 October 2017 at the age of 91.<ref>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2017/10/03/97001-20171003FILWWW00095-mort-de-michel-jouvet-scientifique-du-reve.php Mort de Michel Jouvet, scientifique du rêve] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jouvet, Michel}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:French physicians]] [[Category:French neuroscientists]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] [[Category:People from Jura]] [[Category:Lons-le-Saunier]]