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Julius Axelrod

1912 - 2004

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Julius Axelrod (May 30, 1912 – December 29, 2004) was an American biochemist. He won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970 along with Bernard Katz and Ulf von Euler. The Nobel Committee honored him for his work on the release and reuptake of catecholamine neurotransmitters, a class of chemicals in the brain that include epinephrine, norepinephrine, and, as was later discovered, dopamine. Axelrod also made major contributions to the understanding of the pineal gland and how it is regulated during the sleep-wake cycle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Axelrod is the 193rd most popular chemist (down from 151st in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from United States (up from 975th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Chemist.

Julius Axelrod is most famous for his work in the field of neuropharmacology. He was the first to isolate and identify the neurotransmitter called dopamine.

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Among chemists, Julius Axelrod ranks 193 out of 602. Before him are Robert Huber, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Thomas A. Steitz, Peter D. Mitchell, Richard R. Schrock, and Aaron Klug. After him are Johann Deisenhofer, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Henry Taube, Paul L. Modrich, Clara Immerwahr, and Arthur Kornberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Julius Axelrod ranks 39. Before him are Edward Mills Purcell, Tibor Sekelj, Leonid Kantorovich, Adolf Galland, Juan Pujol García, and Patrick White. After him are Woody Guthrie, Karl Malden, Pierre Boulle, Herbert C. Brown, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Elsa Morante. Among people deceased in 2004, Julius Axelrod ranks 28. Before him are Sune Bergström, Maurice Wilkins, Akhmad Kadyrov, Helmut Newton, Stieg Larsson, and Laura Branigan. After him are Carlos Kleiber, Ko Yong-hui, Herbert C. Brown, Leônidas, Gérard Debreu, and Renata Tebaldi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julius Axelrod ranks 972 out of 20,380. Before him are Stan Kroenke (1947), Omar Bradley (1893), Anthony Perkins (1932), Art Garfunkel (1941), Louise Hay (1926), and Zoe Saldaña (1978). After him are Roy Scheider (1932), Richard E. Byrd (1888), Robert Evans (1930), Jimmie Rodgers (1897), Lee Marvin (1924), and Kevin Bacon (1958).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Julius Axelrod ranks 45. Before him are Richard F. Heck (1931), William Standish Knowles (1917), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Robert Curl (1933), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), and Richard R. Schrock (1945). After him are Paul L. Modrich (1946), Arthur Kornberg (1918), Wallace Carothers (1896), Donald J. Cram (1919), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), and Robert F. Furchgott (1916).

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