Wolf Prize 1979: Winners

Recipients

1. Arvid Carlsson

   Biology

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

2. Oleh Hornykiewicz

   Biology

   for opening a new approach in the control of Parkinson's disease by L-Dopa.

3. Roger Wolcott Sperry

   Biology

   for his studies on the functional differentiation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain.