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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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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2000
“for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arvid
- Family name
- Carlsson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Uppsala
- Place of death
- Gothenburg
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Lund University
- Employer
- Lund University
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Field of work
- molecular biology
- Image
- Arvid Carlsson 2011a.jpg
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- name in native language
- Arvid Carlsson
- Commons category
- Arvid Carlsson
- date of birth
- 1923-01-25
- member of
- Academia Europaea
- Erdős number
- 9
- date of death
- 2018-06-29
- interested in
- neurobiology
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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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