21. Loewi's research was primarily in what century?
18th
19th
20th
21st
Answer
The answer is the 20th century. Otto Loewi was a German pharmacologist and physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936 for his discoveries concerning chemical transmission of nerve impulses. His most notable contribution was the discovery of acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter, which was fundamental for the understanding of how signals are transmitted between nerve cells.
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