Jean-Pierre Changeux
Wolf Prize Laureate in Medicine 1982
Jean Pierre Changeux
Affiliation at the time of the award:
Institut Pasteur, France
Award citation:
“for the isolation, purification and characterization of the acetylcholine receptor”.
Prize share:
Jean Pierre Changeux
Sir James W. Black
Solomon H. Snyder
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.