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  1. Rodolfo Llinás. Sir John Carew Eccles AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAA [3] (27 January 1903 – 2 May 1997) was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.

  2. Biographical. John Carew Eccles was born in Melbourne, Australia, on January 27th, 1903. He owes much to his early training by his father, William James Eccles, who was a teacher as also was his mother, née Mary Carew. He graduated from Melbourne University in Medicine with first class honours in 1925, and as Victorian Rhodes Scholar for 1925 ...

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  4. Mar 16, 2018 · Lived 1903 - 1997. John Eccles was a neurophysiologist. He was awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for showing how messages pass between nerve cells in mammals, including humans. It was already known that these messages could be excitatory or inhibitory. Eccles discovered that both excitatory and inhibitory processes are ...

  5. Apr 30, 2024 · Sir John Carew Eccles (born Jan. 27, 1903, Melbourne, Australia—died May 2, 1997, Contra, Switz.) was an Australian research physiologist who received (with Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley) the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the chemical means by which impulses are communicated or repressed by nerve cells ...

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  6. John Carew Eccles. Sir John Carew Eccles (January 27, 1903 – May 2, 1997) was an Australian neurophysiologist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Fielding Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin. Eccles was the recipient of many honors, including a knighthood in 1958.

  7. May 16, 1997 · Sir John Eccles was pre-eminent as a neurophysiologist whose life was devoted to unravelling the secrets of the central nervous system. To this task he brought a brilliant intellect, enormous ...

  8. May 4, 1997 · John Carew Eccles was born on Jan. 27, 1903, in Melbourne, Australia. From early in his life, his parents, both teachers, stressed the importance of education. He graduated from Melbourne ...

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