Victor P. Whittaker
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Victor Percy Whittaker (11 June 1919 – 5 July 2016) was a British biochemist who pioneered studies on the subcellular fractionation of the brain. He did this by isolating synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles from the mammalian brain and demonstrating that synaptic vesicles store the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.[1]
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Victor P. Whittaker | |
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Born | Victor Percy Whittaker 11 June 1919 Ainsdale, England |
Died | 5 July 2016 (aged 97) Cambridge, England |
Known for | Isolation of synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles and biochemistry of synaptic vesicles |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neurobiochemistry and Cholinergic Transmission |
Doctoral advisor | Rudolph Peters |
Doctoral students | Thomas C. Südhof |
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