Dr. John W. Kebabian was a neuropharmacologist and

neuroscientist A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist specializing in neuroscience that deals with the anatomy and function of neurons, Biological neural network, neural circuits, and glia, and their Behavior, behavioral, biological, and psycholo ...

who was the first to discover that there were multiple subtypes of

dopamine receptor Dopamine receptors are a class of G protein-coupled receptors that are prominent in the vertebrate central nervous system (CNS). Dopamine receptors activate different effectors through not only G-protein coupling, but also signaling through diff ...

s. His pioneering work which was published in 1979 revolutionized the understanding of the role of dopamine receptors in cognition, movement and mental disorders. He died on May 1, 2012.

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ResearchGate.net: John W. Kebabian
American pharmacologists American neuroscientists Armenian_scientists Ethnic Armenian scientists 1946 births 2012 deaths {{neuroscientist-stub