Katharine Montagu

Katharine Montagu
Died	(1966-03-28)28 March 1966
Known for	Dopamine
Scientific career
Institutions	Runwell Hospital

Katharine Montagu (- 28 March 1966) was the first researcher to identify dopamine in human brains. Working in Hans Weil-Malherbe's laboratory at the Runwell Hospital outside London ^[1] the presence of dopamine was identified by paper chromatography in the brain of several species, including a human brain. ^[2] Her research was published in August 1957, ^[3] followed and confirmed by Hans Weil-Malherbe in November 1957. ^[2]

Nobel Prize-rewarded Arvid Carlsson is often claimed to be the first researcher to identify dopamine in human brain, however his research was published in November 1957, ^[4] along with colleagues Margit Linsqvist and Tor Magnusson.

References

1. Björklund, Anders; Dunnett, Stephen B. (May 2007). "Fifty years of dopamine research". Trends in Neurosciences. 30 (5): 185–187. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2007.03.004 . PMID   17397938.
2. Hornykiewicz, O. (2006). "The discovery of dopamine deficiency in the parkinsonian brain". Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders. pp. 9–15. doi:10.1007/978-3-211-45295-0_3. ISBN   978-3-211-28927-3. PMID   17017502.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
3. Montagu, K. A. (August 1957). "Catechol Compounds in Rat Tissues and in Brains of Different Animals". Nature. 180 (4579): 244–245. Bibcode:1957Natur.180..244M. doi:10.1038/180244a0. PMID   13451690.
4. Carlsson, Arvid; Lindqvist, Margit; Magnusson, Tor (November 1957). "3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine and 5-Hydroxytryptophan as Reserpine Antagonists". Nature. 180 (4596): 1200. Bibcode:1957Natur.180.1200C. doi: 10.1038/1801200a0 . PMID   13483658.