!!!Hornykiewicz, Oleh

Hornykiewicz, Oleh, b. Sychow (Ukraine), Nov. 17, 1926, 
pharmacologist. Studied in Vienna; from 1964 professor at the 
Department of Pharmacology of the University of Vienna. 1968-1976 
professor at the Department of Pharmacology of the University of 
Toronto; since 1976 head of the Department of Biochemical Pharmacology 
of the University of Vienna; also did research at the University of 
Saskatchewan, Canada. Did pioneering research on Parkinson´s 
disease and the role of dopamine in causing it. Awarded the 
Wittgenstein-Prize in 1993.


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