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Sir Charles Scott Sherrington OM GBE FRS FRCP FRCS [1] [3] (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 ...
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.
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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"
To many, Charles Scott Sherrington is best known for providing us with the term synapse, a word we still use to describe the junction where two neurons communicate. While Sherrington's work to understand synapses and neural communication was important, however, his studies of reflexes, proprioception, spinal nerves, muscle action, and movement ...
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932. Born: 27 November 1857, London, United Kingdom. Died: 4 March 1952, Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
English physiologist Sir Charles Scott Sherrington studied how the parts of the nervous system work together. He also coined the terms “neuron” and “synapse.” Brain Bytes showcase essential facts about neuroscience.
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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 func-tion2 and wrote the...
