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Who amongst the following was awarded Nobel Prize for path breaking contributions to develop treatment agaThst Parkinson's disease? |
| A. | Arvid Carlsson |
| B. | Walter Kohn |
| C. | Robert B. Laughlin |
| D. | Fend Murad |
| Answer» A. Arvid Carlsson | |
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Explanation: In the 1950s, Arvid Carlsson demonstrated that dopamine was a neurotransmitter in the brain and not just a precursor fornorepinephrine, as had been previously believed. He developed a method for measuring the amount of dopamine in brain tissues and found that dopamine levels in the basal ganglia, a brain area important for movement, were particularly high. He then showed that giving animals the drug reserpine caused a decrease in dopamine levels and a loss of movement control. |
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