Alexander George Karczmar (1917-2017)

J Neurochem. 2017 Dec;143(5):609-611. doi: 10.1111/jnc.14219. Epub 2017 Oct 13.

Abstract

The neurochemistry community at large and the Advisory Board of The International Symposia on Cholinergic Mechanisms mourn the loss of Alexander George Karczmar, the elected Honorary President of these international symposia, who passed away peacefully in his Chicago home at the age of 100 on August 17, 2017. For many of us Alex was the essence of cholinergic signaling, and personified its versatile power to send messages between the brain and the peripheral tissues and organs, and to connect between body and soul.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Cholinergic Agents / metabolism*
  • Cholinergic Neurons / metabolism*
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Neurochemistry / history*
  • United States

Substances

  • Cholinergic Agents

Personal name as subject

  • Alexander George Karczmar