Video Clips of Professor Geoffrey Burnstock on YouTube
School and university years
Developing the sucrose gap technique for smooth muscle
Discovering the NANC transmitter, 1962
Discovering that ATP (or related nucleotide) is the potential NANC transmitter, 1970
The ATP transmission hypothesis
Discovering co-transmission of ATP, 1976
Co-transmission in sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves
Co-transmission in the NANC nerves
Transmitter synergism
The Chair of Anatomy at UCL, 1975 – the secret of a successful department
Discovering receptor antagonists – theophylline
Discovering receptor antagonists – how caffeine works
Adenosine receptors prove therapeutically disappointing
Breakthrough in purinergic signalling concept, 1985
Discovering the first ATP receptors, 1990s
Fast response receptors and the mysteries of P2X7
Interaction between purino and other receptors
The next challenge – linking purinoreceptors and behaviour
ATP and evolution
Purinoreceptors and embryological development
Therapeutic outcomes – clopidogrel
Therapeutic outcomes - ATP and pain mechanisms
Therapeutic outcomes - incontinence
The dynamics of purinergic transmission
Directed research or nurturing the creative spirit
Ideas for future research and an offer to young scientists
