The Nobel Prize for developing treatment of Parkinson's disease was given to:
- AArvid Carlsson
- BJohn F. Enders
- CRobert B. Laughlin
- DWalter Kohn
- ENone of the above/More than one of the above
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Correct answer: (a) Arvid Carlsson
Explanation
Arvid Carlsson of Sweden shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He showed that dopamine is a brain transmitter and that Parkinson's disease comes from its loss, which led to treatment with L-dopa.
John Enders won for work on polio virus; Robert Laughlin and Walter Kohn won Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry.