Katharine Montagu Explained

Katharine Montagu
Nationality:	British
Workplaces:	Runwell Hospital
Known For:	Dopamine

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.

Notes and References

1. Björklund . Anders . Dunnett . Stephen B. . Fifty years of dopamine research . Trends in Neurosciences . May 2007 . 30 . 5 . 185–187 . 10.1016/j.tins.2007.03.004 . 17397938 . 2 . free .
2. Book: 10.1007/978-3-211-45295-0_3 . The discovery of dopamine deficiency in the parkinsonian brain . Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders . 2006 . Hornykiewicz . O. . Journal of Neural Transmission. Supplementum . 70 . 9–15 . 17017502 . 978-3-211-28927-3 . .
3. Montagu . K. A. . Catechol Compounds in Rat Tissues and in Brains of Different Animals . Nature . August 1957 . 180 . 4579 . 244–245 . 10.1038/180244a0 . 13451690 . 1957Natur.180..244M . 4 .
4. Carlsson . Arvid . Lindqvist . Margit . Magnusson . Tor . 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine and 5-Hydroxytryptophan as Reserpine Antagonists . Nature . November 1957 . 180 . 4596 . 1200 . 10.1038/1801200a0 . 13483658 . 1957Natur.180.1200C . 5 . free .