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{{Infobox scientist
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|1|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Neurophysiology]] |[[Neuropharmacology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on [[Parkinsonism]]
| awards = {{ublist| 1985 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}
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'''Dilip Kumar Ganguly''' (born 4 January 1940) is an Indian neurophysiologist, neuropharmacologist,<ref name="Historical perspective of Indian neurology">{{Cite journal |last=Shrikant Mishra, Bhavesh Trikamji, Sandeep Singh, Parampreet Singh, Rajasekharan Nair |title=Historical perspective of Indian neurology |journal=Ann Indian Acad Neurol |publication-date=2013 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=467–477 |doi=10.4103/0972-2327.120422|pmc=3841583 |pmid=24339562 |year=2013 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and a former head of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and director of the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]].<ref name="Dogs freed from lab">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/990318/the_east.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228082445/https://www.telegraphindia.com/990318/the_east.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 February 2017 |title=Dogs freed from lab |date=2017 |publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref name="StorchCollins2012">{{cite book|author1=Alexander Storch|author2=Michael A. Collins|title=Neurotoxic Factors in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AJ_aBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA322|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4615-1269-1|pages=322–}}</ref> Born on 4 January 1940 in Kolkata, in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], he is known for his researches on [[Parkinsonism]]<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=456 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref> as well as for his efforts in promoting neuropharmacological studies in India,<ref name="Neuorosciences, an Overview">{{Cite web |url=http://neuroscienceacademy.org.in/downloads/pub/Set1.pdf |title=Neuorosciences, an Overview |last=P. N. Tandon |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Academy of Neurosciences}}</ref> and his researches have been documented by way of several articles in per-reviewed journals.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/39603099_DK_GANGULY |title=On ResearchGate |date=2017 }}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} Besides, he has contributed chapters to books published by others<ref name="StorchCollins2012" /> and his work has been cited by any researchers.<ref name="BanerjeeChaudhuri2005">{{cite book|author1=B Banerjee|author2=T.C. Chaudhuri|title=Therapeutic Effects of Tea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0-ptEHf2Ci0C&pg=PA44|date=9 January 2005|publisher=Science Publishers|isbn=978-1-57808-398-5|pages=44–}}</ref><ref name="Ross2007">{{cite book|author=Ivan A. Ross|title=Medicinal Plants of the World, Volume 3: Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Medicinal Uses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkWr5L3OOd0C&pg=PA20|date=28 October 2007|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-59259-887-8|pages=20–}}</ref><ref name="Rätsch2005">{{cite book|author=Christian Rätsch|title=The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rs5rAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT510|date=25 April 2005|publisher=Inner Traditions / Bear & Co|isbn=978-1-59477-662-5|pages=510–}}</ref> He is a founder fellow of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences and has served as its vice president.<ref name="Indian Academy of Neurosciences fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://neuroscienceacademy.org.in/ian_fellows.php |title=Indian Academy of Neurosciences fellows |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Academy of Neurosciences}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1985.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=November 12, 2016}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |last=D. K. Ganguly |title=Antioxotremorine action of propranolol |journal=British Journal of Pharmacology |publication-date=1976 |volume=56 |issue=1 |doi=10.1111/j.1476-5381.1976.tb06953.x|pmc=1666755 |pmid=1252661 |year=1976 |pages=21–24}}
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Seth P, Gajendiran M, Maitra KK, Ross HG, Ganguly DK |title=Evidence for D1 dopamine receptor-mediated modulation of the synaptic transmission from motor axon collaterals to Renshaw cells in the rat spinal cord |journal=Neurosci. Lett. |publication-date=1993 |volume=158 |issue=2 |pages=217–20 |pmid=8233099 |doi=10.1016/0304-3940(93)90268-p |year=1993|s2cid=24839288 }}
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Gajendiran M, Seth P, Ganguly DK|title=Involvement of the presynaptic dopamine D2 receptor in the depression of spinal reflex by apomorphine |journal=NeuroReport |publication-date=1996 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=513–6 |pmid=8730818 |doi=10.1097/00001756-199601310-00033 |year=1996|s2cid=12626993 }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Gupta S1, Chaudhuri T, Ganguly DK, Giri AK |title=Anticlastogenic effects of black tea (World blend) and its two active polyphenols theaflavins and thearubigins in vivo in Swiss albino mice |journal=Life Sci. |publication-date=2001 |volume=69 |issue=23 |pages=2735–44 |doi=10.1002/ptr.1038 |pmid=12410547 |year=2002|s2cid=9167474 }}
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Das M, Sur P, Gomes A, Vedasiromoni JR, Ganguly DK|title=Inhibition of tumour growth and inflammation by consumption of tea |journal=Phytother. Res. |publication-date=2002 |volume=16 |issue=Supp. 1 |pages=40–4 |pmid=11933138 |year=2002|doi=10.1002/ptr.797 |s2cid=35045674 |doi-access=free }}

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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Ganguly%20DK%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=8730818 |title=On PubMed |date=2016 |publisher=US National Library of Medicine |work=List of articles}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal |url=http://www.ijpp.com/IJPP%20archives/1969_13_3/163-167.pdf |title=Some behavioural effects of an active fraction from Herpestis monniera, Linn. (Brahmi) |vauthors=Ganguly DK, Malhotra CL|journal=The Indian Journal of Medical Research |volume=55 |issue=5 |date=1967 |publisher=Indian J Med Res |pages=473–82 |pmid=6065425}}

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[[Category:Indian medical writers]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]

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