David Nachmansohn
David Nachmansohn · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who elucidated the chemistry of nerve impulse transmission
1899, Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine) — 1983, New York, United States
Germany · France · United States
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Nachmansohn was a biochemist who elucidated the chemistry of nerve-impulse transmission, showing the central role of acetylcholine and acetylcholinesterase in electrical signalling in nerve, muscle and the electric eel's organ. Fleeing Nazi Germany via Paris, he continued this work at Columbia. He was a German-Jewish scientist, born to a Jewish family in the Russian Empire.
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Biochemist who elucidated the chemistry of nerve impulse transmission
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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