Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
Arvid Carlsson
Swedish neuroscientist
Arvid Carlssonwas a Swedish neuropharmacologist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson’s disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, together with Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard.
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About the Arvid Carlsson
Arvid Carlssonwas a Swedish neuropharmacologist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson’s disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, together with Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard.
3 Quotes by Arvid Carlsson
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In modern pharmacology it’s so clear that even if you have a fixed dose of a drug, the individuals respond very differently to one and the same dose.
Arvid CarlssonSwedish neuroscientist
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Well, in pharmacology, if the effect is local, it’s of course absolutely awkward to use it in any other way than as a local treatment.
Arvid CarlssonSwedish neuroscientist
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Fluorine has a protecting action against caries, but this is a local effect. If you drink it, you are running the risk of all kinds of toxic actions.
Arvid CarlssonSwedish neuroscientist