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Joseph Erlanger

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Joseph Erlanger

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American doctor (1874-1965)

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Joseph Erlanger was a male person born on January 5, 1874, and died on December 5, 1965. He is associated with France and is recognized in the Nobel Laureates and Nobel Medicine collections. Erlanger received one Nobel Prize.

His published works include "A new instrument for determining the minimum and maximum blood-pressures in man," "An experimental study of blood-pressure and of pulse-pressure in man," and "Electrical signs of nervous activity." The latter title appears multiple times in his list of top works. In total, he is credited with five works.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1874
Died
1965
Works
5

Top works

  • A new instrument for determining the minimum and maximum blood-pressures in man
  • An experimental study of blood-pressure and of pulse-pressure in man
  • Electrical signs of nervous activity
  • Electrical signs of nervous activity
  • Electrical signs of nervous activity

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1863-05-25
Active to
1919-04-24

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. You Only Look Once: Unified, Real-Time Object Detection

    · 2016 · cited 40,202x

  2. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,455x

  3. Naturalistic inquiry

    · 1985 · cited 34,725x

  4. When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM

    · 2019 · cited 21,451x

  5. CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP

    · 1985 · cited 19,717x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1944

    for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres

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Encyclopedic overview

Joseph Erlanger (January 5, 1874 – December 5, 1965) was an American physiologist who is best known for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Together with Herbert Spencer Gasser, he identified several varieties of nerve fiber and established the relationship between action potential velocity and fiber diameter. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for these achievements.

Biography

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