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2 unusual facts about Paul Fatt


Bernard Katz

Katz won the Nobel for his discovery with Paul Fatt that neurotransmitter release at synapses is "quantal"—that is, that at any particular synapse the amount of neurotransmitter released is never less than a certain amount, and if more is always an integral number times this amount.

Paul Fatt

With Bernard Katz, he developed the "quantal hypothesis" for neurotransmitters.



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