Joseph Erlanger
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Joseph Erlanger was an American physician and physiologist who lived from 1874 to 1965 and made important contributions to understanding how the nervous system works. His research helped scientists better understand how nerves transmit electrical signals in the body.
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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.
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1874 births1965 deathsAmerican neuroscientistsAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican people of German-Jewish descentAmerican physiologistsJewish American scientistsJewish Nobel laureatesJohns Hopkins School of Medicine alumniJohns Hopkins School of Medicine facultyLowell High School (San Francisco) alumniMembers of the American Philosophical Society