The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000
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Arvid Carlsson
Prize share: 1/3
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Paul Greengard
Prize share: 1/3
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Eric R. Kandel
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000 was awarded jointly to Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard and Eric R. Kandel "for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system"
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