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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 the presence of dopamine was identified by paper chromatography in the brain of several species, including a human brain. Her research was published in August 1957, followed and confirmed by Hans Weil-Malherbe in November 1957.

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, along with colleagues Margit Linsqvist and Tor Magnusson.

References

1. Björklund, Anders; Dunnett, Stephen B. (May 2007). "Fifty years of dopamine research". Trends in Neurosciences. 30 (5): 185–187. doi:10.1016/j.tins.2007.03.004. PMID 17397938.
2. ^ Hornykiewicz, O. (2006). "The discovery of dopamine deficiency in the parkinsonian brain". Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders. pp. 9–15. doi:10.1007/978-3-211-45295-0_3. ISBN 978-3-211-28927-3. PMID 17017502. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
3. Montagu, K. A. (August 1957). "Catechol Compounds in Rat Tissues and in Brains of Different Animals". Nature. 180 (4579): 244–245. Bibcode:1957Natur.180..244M. doi:10.1038/180244a0. PMID 13451690.
4. Carlsson, Arvid; Lindqvist, Margit; Magnusson, Tor (November 1957). "3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine and 5-Hydroxytryptophan as Reserpine Antagonists". Nature. 180 (4596): 1200. Bibcode:1957Natur.180.1200C. doi:10.1038/1801200a0. PMID 13483658.

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