Paul Greengard | |
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | December 11, 1925
Died | April 13, 2019 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 93)
Nationality | American |
Spouse(s) | Ursula von Rydingsvard (married, secondly, in 1985) |
Children | 2 (by his first marriage) |
Relatives | Chris Chase (sister; died 2013) |
Awards | Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (2000) NAS Award in the Neurosciences (1991) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neuroscience |
Institutions | Rockefeller University |
Paul Greengard (December 11, 1925 – April 13, 2019) was an American neuroscientist (neurobiologist), biochemist, and pharmacologist of Jewish descent.[1]
He was best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons. In 2000, Greengard, Arvid Carlsson and Eric Kandel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system.[2]
Greengard died on April 13, 2019 in New York City at the age of 93.[3]