Otto Loewi
1873-1961
German-born American physiologist and pharmacologist who received the Noble Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1936 with Henry Dale for their work regarding the chemical nature o...
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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....
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Otto Loewi (pronounced l-ee) made important early discoveries about how nerve impulses are transmitted. He found that nerve transmissions depend both on electrical stimulation and certain chemical su...
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Otto Loewi (pronounced l-ee) was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on June 3, 1873. On the advice of his parents, Loewi entered the University of Strasbourg to study medicine, and received his medic...
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Otto Loewi (pronounced l-ee) was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on June 3, 1873. On the advice of his parents, Loewi entered the University of Strasbourg to study medicine, and received his medic...
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Otto Loewi (pronounced l-ee) was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on June 3, 1873. On the advice of his parents, Loewi entered the University of Strasbourg to study medicine, and received his medic...
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