Julius Axelrod (1912-2004)

Awarded the Prize “for the discoveries concerning the humoral transmittors in the nerve terminals the mechanism for their storage, release inactivation.”

American biochemist. Axelrod was born on May 30, 1912 in New York. He obtained his B.Sc. in 1933 at the College of the City of New York, M.A. in 1941 at New York University, his Ph.D. in 1955 from the George Washington University. 1950-1953 he was appointed Chief of the Section on Pharmacology, Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, Health Services Mental Health Administration, Department of Health, Education Welfare in 1955. Axelrod died in Rockville, Maryl on December 29, 2004.