When1: 1921
Who: Otto Loewi [Loewi, Otto]
What: biochemist
Where: Graz, Austria
Detail: He lived 1873 to 1961, proved that neurotransmitters cross junction between nerve cells, using vagus nerve to heart, and so proved that synapses were chemical not electrical [1921], and studied acetylcholine chemical synapse.
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