1926– Polish-born (now Latvia) American biochemist, oncologist and Nobel Prize winner who discovered peptide-releasing hormones.
Keywords: growth hormones; CRH; TRH; LH-RH
Schally, Andrew Victor
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002911
| Further Reading | |
| Schally AV (1955) The release of corticotrophin by anterior pituitary tissue in vitro. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry 33: 408. | |
| book Schally AV (1972) The Hypothalamus and Pituitary in Health and Disease. Springfield, IL: Thomas. | |
| book Schally AV (1992) "Aspects of hypothalamic regulation of the pituitary gland". Nobel Lectures Physiology or Medicine 1971–1980, pp. 398–438. Singapore: World Scientific. | |
| book McCann SM (1988) "Saga of the discovery of hypothalamic releasing and inhibiting hormones". In: McCann SM (ed.) Endocrinology: People and Ideas. Bethesda, MD: American Psychological Society. | |
| book Meites BT (1978) Pioneers in Neuroendocrinology II. New York: Plenum Press. | |
| book Sherman L (1990) "AV Schally". In: Fox DM, Meldrum M and Reznk I (eds) Nobel Laureates in Medicine or Physiology, pp. 486–490. New York: Garland. | |
| book Wade N (1981) The Nobel Duel. New York: Anchor Press. | |
| book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 928–930.New York: HW Wilson. | |
