1912 – American pharmacologist and Nobel Prize winner who elucidated the chemical mechanism of neural transmission.
Keywords: neurology; noradrenaline (norepinephrine); adrenaline (epinephrine); COMT; melatonin; serotonin
Axelrod, Julius
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002730
| Further Reading | |
| Axelrod J (1966) Reduction in the accumulation of norepinephrine 3H in experimental hypertension. Life Science 5: 2283–2291. | |
| book Axelrod J (1968) "Control of catecholamine metabolism". Progress in Endocrinology. International Congress of Endocrinology, pp. 286–293. New York: Academic Press. | |
| book Axelrod J (1968) The Pineal. New York: Academic Press. | |
| book Axelrod J (1970) Biochemical Actions of Hormones. New York: Academic Press. | |
| book Axelrod J (1972) "Noradrenaline: fate and control of its biosynthesis". Nobel Lectures Physiology and Medicine 1963–1970, pp. 439–467. Amsterdam: Elsevier. | |
| Axelrod J (1988) An unexpected life in research. Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology 28: 1–23. | |
| book Fox DM, Meldrum M and Rezak I (1990) Nobel Laureates in Medicine or Physiology: a Biographical Dictionary, pp. 7–12. New York: Garland. | |
| book Schlessinger BS (1996) The Who's Who of Nobel Prizewinners 1901–1995, 3rd edn, p. 127. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press. | |
| book Snyder SH (ed.) (1972) Perspectives in Pharmacology A Tribute to Julius Axelrod. New York: Oxford University Press. | |
| book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 42–44. New York: HW Wilson. | |
| book Who's Who (1996) Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd edn, p. 42. New Providence, NJ: Marquis. | |
