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    Charles Scott Sherrington

    English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient

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  1. Sir Charles Scott Sherrington OM GBE FRS FRCP FRCS (27 November 1857 – 4 March 1952) was a British neurophysiologist. His experimental research established many aspects of contemporary neuroscience, including the concept of the spinal reflex as a system involving connected neurons (the " neuron doctrine "), and the ways in which signal ...

  2. Apr 8, 2024 · Sir Charles Scott Sherrington was an English physiologist whose 50 years of experimentation laid the foundations for an understanding of integrated nervous function in higher animals and brought him (with Edgar Adrian) the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1932.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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  5. Apr 1, 2007 · A centenary appreciation of Sherrington's 1906 monograph that settled the neuron doctrine debate and laid the foundation of modern neurophysiology. The article reviews the historical context, content and impact of the book, and its author's life and philosophy.

    • Robert E. Burke
    • 2006
  6. May 6, 2010 · Sir Charles Sherrington was one of the outstanding physiologists of his time. He coined the term 'synapse' 1, established the importance of inhibition in neuronal function 2 and wrote...

    • Zoltán Molnár, Richard E. Brown
    • 2010
  7. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932 was awarded jointly to Sir Charles Scott Sherrington and Edgar Douglas Adrian "for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons".

  8. Nov 27, 2021 · Learn about the life and achievements of Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, who received the Nobel Prize in 1932 for his work on the functions of neurons and reflexes. Discover his contributions to the fields of physiology, anatomy, and neurology, and his influence on modern science.

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