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Arvid Carlsson was a Swedish neuroscientist who made important discoveries about how the brain uses chemical messengers to function. His work helped explain the role of dopamine and other neurotransmitters in brain processes, which led to better treatments for diseases like Parkinson's and depression.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Dopamine receptor subtypes in neurological and psychiatric diseases
- Om själslivets farmakologi och biokemi
- Stress in health and disease
- Progress in Dopamine Research Schizophrenia
- Catecholamines
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1979-06-12
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 37
- Total plays
- 111
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light
· 2008 · cited 12,258x
- PGC-1α-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes
· 2003 · cited 9,286x
- Comparison of the Ligand Binding Specificity and Transcript Tissue Distribution of Estrogen Receptors α and β
· 1997 · cited 6,286x
- 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
· 2017 · cited 5,580x
- Interaction of Estrogenic Chemicals and Phytoestrogens with Estrogen Receptor β
· 1998 · cited 5,121x
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2000
“for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system”
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Encyclopedic overview
Arvid Carlsson (25 January 1923 – 29 June 2018) 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.
Early life and education
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