Otto Loewi | |
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Born | |
Died | December 25, 1961 New York City, U.S. | (aged 88)
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Alma mater | University of Strasbourg |
Known for | Acetylcholine |
Spouse |
Guida Goldschmiedt
(m. 1908; died 1958) |
Children | 4 |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Pharmacology, Psychobiology |
Institutions | University of Vienna University of Graz |
Otto Loewi (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈløːvi] ; 3 June 1873 – 25 December 1961)[4] was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter. For this discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936, which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend that helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment.[5] Loewi met Dale in 1902 when spending some months in Ernest Starling's laboratory at University College, London.
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