History
Mechanism of Synaptic Transmission
Acetylcholine was the first neurotransmitter be to identified.
It was discovered in 1914 by Henry Hallet Dale.
Acetylcholine was confirmed as a neurotransmitter by Otto Loewi.
In 1936 both of these scientists recieved Nobel prizes in Physiology or Medicine for their work.
Henry Hallet Dale
Taken from: www.rigb.org/rimain/ heritage/ripeople/dale.jsp
Otto LoewiTaken from: www.aeiou.at/aeiou. encyclop.l/l813333.htm