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Julius Axelrod (May 30, 1912 – December 29, 2004) [1] was an American biochemist. He won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970 along with Bernard Katz and Ulf von Euler.
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Julius Axelrod (born May 30, 1912, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 29, 2004, Rockville, Maryland) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist who, along with the British biophysicist Sir Bernard Katz and the Swedish physiologist Ulf von Euler, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1970.
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Axelrod's work enabled researchers during the 1970s to develop a new class of antidepressant medications, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as Prozac. Over the next thirty years, until his retirement in 1984, he worked on a wide array of research projects in pharmacological science.
Dec 31, 2004 · Julius Axelrod, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who helped to discover how chemicals released by nerve cells in the brain regulate mood and behavior, died on Wednesday at his home in Rockville,...
Biography. Julius Axelrod, Ph.D., was best known for his work on brain chemistry in the early 1960s that led to modern-day treatments for depression and anxiety disorders, for which he shared one-third of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
New York, New York, 30 May 1912, d. Bethesda, Maryland, 29 December 2004), pharmacology, neurochemistry neurotransmitters, metabolism. Axelrod made fundamental contributions to understanding the mechanisms of chemical neurotransmission and drug metabolism.
Aug 7, 2015 · Dr. Julius Axelrod. 1970 Nobel Laureate. Dr. Julius Axelrod, National Institute of Mental Health, shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with two scientists from England and Sweden for independent research into the chemistry of nerve transmission.
