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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.
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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.
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.
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
- Alli N McCoy, Siang Yong Tan
- 10.11622/smedj.2014002
- 2014
- Singapore Med J. 2014 Jan; 55(1): 3-4.
May 18, 2018 · Otto Loewi (1873-1961) was a German-born pharmacologist and physiologist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize with Henry Dale for his work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. He also studied protein and carbohydrate metabolism, kidney function, and the role of cations in physiology.
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Practicing neurologists should remember Otto Loewi when they attend to the chemistry of their patients' synapses. The story of his Nobel dream is worth telling to our patients. His persecution by the Nazis tells us that the laboratory is not a shelter from the political world around us.
