Feldberg, Wilhelm Siegmund

EM Tansey, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002510

1900–1993 British neuropharmacologist who worked with Sir Henry Dale in establishing that synaptic transmission in the nervous system has a chemical basis. His later work elucidated the mechanisms by which many drugs act on the central nervous system.

Keywords: acetylcholine; histamine; Henry Dale

Figure 1. Wilhelm Siegmund Feldberg (1900–1993).
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 Further Reading
    book Feldberg WS (1979) "The early history of synaptic and neuromuscular transmission by acetylcholine: reminiscences of an eye witness". The Pursuit of Nature: Informal Essays on the History of Physiology, pp. 65–83. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
    book Feldberg WS (1982) "Fifty years on: looking back on some developments in neurohumoral physiology". The Sherrington Lectures, vol. XVI. Liverpool, UK: Liverpool University Press.
    book Feldberg WS (1987) "On the distribution of cholinergic neurons: personal reminiscences of the Thirties". In: Dowdall MJ and Hawthorne JN (eds) Cellular and Molecular Basis of Cholinergic Function, pp. 1–10. Chichester, UK: Ellis Horwood.
    Bisset GW and Bliss TVP (1997) Wilhelm Siegmund Feldberg, CBE. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 43: 143–170.

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Tansey, EM(Apr 2001) Feldberg, Wilhelm Siegmund. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002510]