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Arvid Carlsson
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Person

Arvid Carlsson

1923 – 2018 · aged 95

Swedish neuroscientist

Born
25 Jan 1923 · Uppsala
Died
29 Jun 2018 · Gothenburg
Part ofSweden800 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 109 years
  1. 25 Jan 1923BornBorn in Uppsala
  2. 1979AwardWolf Prize in Medicine
  3. 1981AwardBjörkén Prize
  4. 1982AwardCanada Gairdner International Award
  5. 1989AwardBristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research
  6. 1992AwardJulius Axelrod Award
  7. 1994AwardJapan Prize
  8. 1994AwardRobert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Neuropsychiatric Research
  9. 1995AwardNordic Research Prize
  10. 1997AwardGolden Kraepelin Medal
  11. 2000AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  12. 29 Jun 2018DiedDied in Gothenburg

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1923 – 2018).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Arvid Carlsson (25 January 1923 – 29 June 2018) was a Swedish neuropharmacologist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, together with Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard.

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