Edgar Douglas Adrian
English electrophysiologist (1889-1977)
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Edgar Douglas Adrian was an English scientist who studied electrical signals in the nervous system during the early-to-mid 20th century. His discoveries about how nerves transmit information through electrical impulses helped establish the scientific foundation for understanding how the brain and body communicate.
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Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian OM FRS (30 November 1889 – 4 August 1977) was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons. He provided experimental evidence for the all-or-none law of nerves.
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1889 births1977 deathsAlumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's HospitalAlumni of Trinity College, CambridgeBarons AdrianBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyChancellors of the University of CambridgeEnglish neuroscientistsEnglish Nobel laureatesEnglish physiologistsFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesForeign associates of the National Academy of Sciences