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Victor P. Whittaker

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Gender Male
Death8 years ago
Date of birth June 11,1919
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Ainsdale
Southport
United Kingdom
Date of died July 5,2016
DiedAddenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge
United Kingdom
BooksThe Cholinergic Neuron & Its Target: ELECTROMOTOR SYSTEMS Of Torpedo
Notable student Thomas C. Südhof
Job Biochemist
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Victor P. Whittaker Life story


Victor Percy Whittaker was a British biochemist who pioneered studies on the subcellular fractionation of the brain. He did this by isolating synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles from the mammalian brain and demonstrating that synaptic vesicles store the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

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