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Otto Loewi (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈløːvi] ⓘ; 3 June 1873 – 25 December 1961) was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter.
May 30, 2024 · Otto Loewi was a German-born American physician and pharmacologist who, with Sir Henry Dale, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1936 for their discoveries relating to the chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
Otto Loewi was born on June 3, 1873, in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, the son of Jacob Loewi, a merchant, and Anna Willstätter. After having attended the humanistic Gymnasium (grammar school) in his native town, he entered in 1891 the Universities of Munich and Strassburg (at that time part of Germany) as a medical student.
Loewi's dream thus led to the discovery that the primary language of nerve cell communication is chemical, not electrical, and won its dreamer the Nobel Prize in Medicine. FROM DOCTOR TO PHARMACOLOGIST
Otto Loewi The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1936 . Born: 3 June 1873, Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany . Died: 25 December 1961, New York, NY, USA . Affiliation at the time of the award: Graz University, Graz, Austria . Prize motivation: “for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses” Prize share: 1/2
May 18, 2018 · Otto Loewi. The German-American pharmacologist and physiologist Otto Loewi (1873-1961) shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries relating to the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. Otto Loewi, the son of Jacob Loewi, a wine merchant, was born in Frankfurt am Main on June 3, 1873.
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1936. The Chemical Transmission of Nerve Action. Natural or artificial stimulation of nerves gives rise to a process of progressive excitation in them, leading to a response in the effector organ of the nerves concerned.
