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Arvid Carlsson
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Arvid Carlsson

Swedish neuroscientist · born January 25, 1923 · died 2018

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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.

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  1. ~56Received the Wolf Prize in Medicine1979
  2. ~71Received the Japan Prize1994
  3. ~77Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2000

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Entrepreneur

1949 · United States

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1949 · United Kingdom

Nobel prize winning British biochemist

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