Loewi


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United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961)

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Biology of Rhoophilus loewi (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae), with implications for the evolution of inquilinism in gall wasps.
Some other names I came across were Colin MacLeod, the great geneticist, and Otto Loewi, who won the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
But in 1921, German pharmacologist Otto Loewi discovered the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter that activates nmscles).
En 1921., Otto Loewi (1873-1961) descubrio el primer neurotransmisor, la acetilcolina.
PREMIERE of the action comedy, starring Cameron Daddo, Fiona Loewi, Anne Anglin and Stacey DePass.
Her father, Adolf Loewi, belonged to the venerable Bernheimer family of dealers in art and antiques, whose ancestral city was Munich.
Director: Mtano Loewi. A mysterious man is hired to find the kidnapped wife of a mobster.
of Graz, Austria) summarize the early work in biochemical signaling by Otto Loewi (1873-1961), Henry Hallet Dale (1875-1968), and Wilhelm Feldberg (d.1993) by way of introducing articles by and about them.
Nobel prize winner Otto Loewi said he woke up with the idea for confirming his theory that chemicals transmit messages between nerve cells in the brain.
Nobel prize winner Otto Loewi said he woke up with the essential idea for confirming his theory that chemicals transmit messages between nerve cells in the brain.
Simon Boast, Liam King, Richard Turvey; Ben Roukin, Amy Gibson, Hanna Jaaskelainen and Paul Maycock; David Loewi, Des Gunewardena and Paul Goodale; Suzanne Virdee, Andy Fox, Adrian Goldberg and Sharuna Sagar; Helen Smith, actor Colin Buchanan and Caroline Harsley; Betty Rawson, Emma Clark, Tracy Cattell and Ollie Humpage; Matt Brindley, Lisa Dowd, Dan Barton, Emma Jesson, Tom Parminter and Philippa Thomson
Innkeepers Guy (Tom Everett Scott) and sexpot Sandy Fawkes (Fiona Loewi) twist tongues despite being brother and sister, orphaned in a nut accident.
A funny, touching tale of Anglo-American misunderstanding as fogeyish Giles blunders into the lives of nice-guy Ronnie and his pretty girlfriend (Fiona Loewi).