The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000
Awarded on: 2000-10-09
"for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system"
Affiliations:
- Göteborg University – Gothenburg, Sweden
Arvid Carlsson
Born: 1923-01-25 in Uppsala, Sweden
Gender: male
Field: Swedish neuroscientist (1923–2018)
Biography
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.