Arvid Carlsson

Awards

1. 1979

   Wolf Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for his work which established the role of dopamine as a neurotransmitter.

2. 1982

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For his contributions to our understanding of the role of amines, particularly dopamine, as neurotransmitters.

3. 1994

   Japan Prize — Psychology and Psychiatry

   Biology

   for the discovery of dopamine as a neurotransmitter and clarification of its role in mental and motor functions and their disorders.

4. 2000

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system