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Otto Loewi

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Otto Loewi , 1873-1961, American physiologist and pharmacologist, b. Frankfurt, Germany. He was professor of pharmacology (1909-38) at the Univ. of Graz, Austria, until forced into exile after the Nazi purge of professors; from 1940 he was professor of pharmacology at the college of medicine of New York Univ. For his discovery of the chemical transmission of nerve impulses he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir Henry Dale. Loewi investigated the physiology and pharmacology of metabolism, the kidneys, the heart, and the nervous system. In 1954 he was made a member of... Read more
Otto Loewi
Encyclopedia of World Biography Otto Loewi The German-American pharmacologist and physiologist Otto Loewi (1873-1961) shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology...chemical transmission of nerve impulses. Otto Loewi, the son of Jacob Loewi, a wine merchant... Read more
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A Dictionary of Psychology Vagusstoff n. The name coined in 1921 by the German pharmacologist Otto Loewi (1873–1961) for what is now called acetylcholine , following his pioneering experimental demonstration of the chemical nature... Read more

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THE BRAIN SOLVES PROBLEMS DURING SLEEP, STUDY SHOWS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/27/2004; ; 478 words ; Nobel Prize winner Otto Loewi reportedly came across the crucial idea that proved his theory of chemical neurotransmission by simply waking up to it. Dmitri... Read more
The Ailing Brain: A Pressing Need for New Treatments
Magazine article from: The Scientist; 10/25/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...conditions | By Karen Pallarito Neuroscience has made impressive strides since 1936 Nobel laureates Henry Hallett Dale and Otto Loewi first showed that chemicals transmit signals between nerve cells. Yet decades later, scientists have only begun to tap... Read more
Arab intellectuals condemn attacks
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/8/1996; ; 349 words ; ...the government to "refrain from collective punishment of Palestinian society." The scientists are attending the Seventh Otto Loewi Meeting on Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Synaptic Transmission at the Hebrew University. They come from the US, Canada... Read more
Recalling a Viennese Tragedy
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/13/1998; ; 580 words ; ...Theodor Billroth, the internist Karl Wenkebach, the father of psycho-analysis, Sigmund Freud, and Nobel laureates such as Otto Loewi and Karl Landsteiner. Integration of Jews dated back to 1781, when the Hapsburg Emperor Joseph II issued a decree granting... Read more
Sleep boosts your ability.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 2/5/2004; 139 words ; ...up effortlessly after a good night's sleep. Sleep has also been linked to some famous discoveries. Nobel prize winner Otto Loewi said he woke up with the idea for confirming his theory that chemicals transmit messages between nerve cells in the brain... Read more
'Sleeping on it' can improve brain power, say scientists.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 1/22/2004; 364 words ; ...up effortlessly after a good night's sleep. Sleep has also been linked to some famous discoveries. Nobel prize winner Otto Loewi said he woke up with the essential idea for confirming his theory that chemicals transmit messages between nerve cells... Read more
Tales of the unexpected
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/27/1996; ; 600 words ; ...that you are asking. An Austrian, Otto Loewi, could see no obvious way of demonstrating...stroke, however, that had occurred to Loewi only in the dream, was to transfer...paranormal happenings here: simply, Loewi finally followed his intuition, an... Read more
Henry Hallett Dale--chemical transmission of nerve impulses
Magazine article from: Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...stimulation of parasympathetic nerves. In 1921, Otto Loewi (1873-1961) had established the concept of neurohumoral...that acetylcholine was the chemical transmitter in Loewi's experiments. Thus, Loewi and Dale were awarded the 1936 Nobel Prize for physiology... Read more
Interdisciplinary Research
Magazine article from: The Scientist; 12/6/2004; ; 275 words ; ...serves to underline the enormous importance of correct control of calcium... in numerous tissue types. The authors quote Otto Loewi: "Calcium is everything." -Annette Dolphin University College London Y. Wang, et al., "Human PAD4 regulates histone arginine... Read more
APPOINTMENTS
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/27/1988; 700+ words ; ...Pampel has been named a senior vice president for Blunt Ellis & Loewi. Harris Bank named Maribeth S. Rahe senior vice president and...of sales and Peggy Jackson director of convention services. Otto Lopez has been named director of sales for Commodity Communications... Read more

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