Otto Loewi
Otto Loewi
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a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter
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Born
June 3, 1873 Frankfurt, German Empire
Died
December 25, 1961 (aged 88) New York City, United States
Nationality
Austria, Germany, United States
Known for
Acetylcholine
Fields
Pharmacology, Psychobiology
Alma mater
University of Strasbourg
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1936) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1944) ForMemRS (1954)
Spouse(s)
Guida Goldschmiedt (m. 1908; 4 children) (1889-1958)
adultbasic
Austria
era
1800+