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John Eccles
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Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997)
John Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist who lived from 1903 to 1997 and made important discoveries about how nerve cells communicate with each other. His work helped explain the fundamental mechanisms of the nervous system, which is essential to understanding how the brain and body function.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1963
“for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Melbourne
- Place of death
- Tenero-Contra
- Occupation
- researcher
- Position held
- professor
- Employer
- Australian National University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Charles Scott Sherrington
- Doctoral student
- Stephen Kuffler
- Field of work
- neurophysiology
- Image
- Sir John Eccles Wellcome L0026812.jpg
- Work location
- Oxford
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- name in kana
- ジョン・カルー・エクルズ
- Erdős number
- 3
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- John Eccles
- date of birth
- 1903-01-27
- date of death
- 1997-05-02
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- different from
- John Eccles
- influenced by
- Charles Scott Sherrington
- name in native language
- John Carew Eccles
- interested in
- neurophysiology
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir John Carew Eccles (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.
Life and work
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