Julius Axelrod

Julius Axelrod (* May 30, 1912 in New York City; † December 29, 2004 in Rockville, Maryland) was an American pharmacologist and neuro chemist.

Life

For his work he received in 1970, together with Ulf von Euler and Sir Bernard Katz, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries related to the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism of their storage, release and inactivation.

He is thus a pioneer in the development of antidepressants.

Axelrod was a member of the National Academy of Sciences (Washington). The German Pharmacological Society awarded him in 1978 with the Schmiedeberg Plaque their highest honor. In 1967 he was awarded the Gairdner Foundation International Award. In 1992 he received the Ralph W. Gerard Prize -.

Works (selection)

  • Julius Axelrod et al. (Ed.): Biochemical actions of hormones. Volume 1, Academic Press, New York, 1970 ISBN 0-12-452801-5
  • Richard J. Wurtman, Julius Axelrod, Douglas E. Kelly: The pineal. Academic Press, New York 1968
  • Perspectives in Neuropharmacology. A tribute to Julius Axelrod. Ed. by Solomon Halbert Snyder. Uniiverrsity Oxford Press, New York 1972
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