Edward Kravitz

Who is this?

Edward Arthur Kravitz (December 19, 1932 – September 21, 2025) was an American neuroscientist and George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. He is widely recognized for demonstrating that gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) functions as a neurotransmitter. He and Antony Stretton were the first to use the intracellular dye procion yellow to visualize neuronal architecture. Kravitz's work with neuroamines demonstrated that serotonin and octopamine act as synaptic modulators. Kravitz continued to explore the function of amines in aggression using Homarus americanus, the American lobster, and Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly, as model organisms.

Career

1. 1932
   Born
2. 2025
   Passed away
3. Member of National Academy of Sciences
4. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
5. Won Guggenheim Fellowship
6. Won Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Trivia

• •Place of birth: New York City
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: neuroscientist