
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Wolf Prize Laureate in Medicine 1982

The Prize Committee for Medicine has unanimously decided that the Wolf Foundation Prize for 1982 should be equally divided among: Sir James W. Black ,Jean Pierre Changeux and Solomon H. Snyder
Jean Pierre Changeux
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
“for the isolation, purification and characterization of the acetylcholine receptor.”
Receptor sites in cell membranes are recognized to have cardinal importance in many physiological and pathological processes. Our three prize winners have each made notable contributions in this area.
Jean Pierre Changeux provided a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cholinergic neurotransmission, and the functional pathology of neurological disorders such as myasthenia gravis.
