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Arvid Carlsson was 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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science · Swedish neuroscientist (1923–2018) · physician · neuroscientist · pharmacologist · pharmacist · university teacher · also Arvid Carlsson, Carlsson
Born 25 January 1923 · Died 29 June 2018 · Q298045
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Published “Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants” in The Lancet — cited 3,190 times.
Published “Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing” in Nature Genetics — cited 2,872 times.
WRAL: Arvid Carlsson, Who Discovered a Treatment for Parkinson’s, Dies at 95
Died 2018-06-29.
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Carlsson died on 29 June 2018, at the age of 95.
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Published “Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults” in The Lancet — cited 5,591 times.
Published “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)” in Autophagy — cited 4,422 times.
Published “A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light” in Nature Materials — cited 12,279 times.
Published “Graphitic carbon nitride materials: variation of structure and morphology and their use as metal-free catalysts” in Journal of Materials Chemistry — cited 3,319 times.
Published “Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Mortality in Swedish Obese Subjects” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 3,859 times.
Published “Epigenetic differences arise during the lifetime of monozygotic twins” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 2,862 times.
Published “Lifestyle, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors 10 Years after Bariatric Surgery” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 3,677 times.
Published “PGC-1α-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes” in Nature Genetics — cited 9,308 times.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2000).
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Together with Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard
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Published “Interaction of Estrogenic Chemicals and Phytoestrogens with Estrogen Receptor β” in Endocrinology — cited 5,122 times.
Won Golden Kraepelin Medal (1997).
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Published “Comparison of the Ligand Binding Specificity and Transcript Tissue Distribution of Estrogen Receptors α and β” in Endocrinology — cited 6,287 times.
Awarded Nordic Research Prize (1995).
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Awarded Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Neuropsychiatric Research (1994).
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Awarded Japan Prize (1994).
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Awarded Julius Axelrod Award (1992).
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Awarded Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research (1989).
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Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (1982).
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Awarded Björkén Prize (1981).
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Awarded Wolf Prize in Medicine (1979).
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Became a professor at the University of Gothenburg
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Katharine Montagu demonstrated the presence of dopamine in the human brain; later that same year Carlsson also demonstrated that dopamine was a neurotransmitter in the brain and not just a precursor for norepinephrine
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Carlsson became an associate professor at Lund University
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And they had three sons and two daughters
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Participated in the task of examining prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, whom Swedish aristocrat Folke Bernadotte had managed to bring to Sweden, which was neutral during World War II
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Born 1923-01-25.
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