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Bernard Katz
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German-British biophysicist (1911–2003)
Bernard Katz was a German-British biophysicist who lived from 1911 to 2003 and made important discoveries about how nerve cells communicate with muscles and each other. His work on the mechanisms of nerve impulses and neurotransmitter release fundamentally advanced our understanding of how the nervous system functions.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Ways of an Atheist
- The China Caper
- Enhancing Employee Performance
- Nerve, Muscle and Synapse
- Calcium, Neuronal Function and Transmitter Release
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1985-01
Discography
- Loving You Is All I Know1986
- Дуэт Katz1987
- Decemberlys2015
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,929x
- <scp>CHARMM</scp>: A program for macromolecular energy, minimization, and dynamics calculations
· 1983 · cited 13,561x
- Market Orientation: The Construct, Research Propositions, and Managerial Implications
· 1990 · cited 13,139x
- Market Orientation: Antecedents and Consequences
· 1993 · cited 12,905x
- <i>Planck</i>
2018 results
· 2020 · cited 12,799x
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Quotes
- “Organized religion: The world's largest pyramid scheme.”
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- 37. Tagung 1987 Mediziner Sir Bernard Katz - W134Nr.125421a1 - Willy Pragher (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1911-03-26
- date of death
- 2003-04-20
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- Bernard Katz
- name in native language
- Bernard Katz
- P8168
- San Juan County
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Sir Bernard Katz, FRS ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁnaʁt kat͡s] ; 26 March 1911 – 20 April 2003) was a German-born British physician and biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve physiology; specifically, for his work on synaptic transmission at the nerve-muscle junction. He shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1970 with Julius Axelrod and Ulf von Euler. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1969.
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