ADRIAN, Edgar Douglas (1889 – 1977)
1889 – 1977
5 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1917 CE
#1303
The conduction of the nervous impulse.
Gotch (No. 1420.1), Adrian, and Keith Lucas made important discoveries concerning the “all-or-nothing” responses of individual nerve fibers. Their work is summarized in the above monograph. Digital facsimi…
1926 CE
#1307
The impulses produced by sensory nerve-endings. Part 2. The response of a single end-organ.
The observations of Adrian and Zotterman on the response of single sensory end-organs to a natural stimulus led them to formulate their conception of “adaptation” of receptors to stimuli.
1927 CE
#1528
The action of light on the eye.
On the electrical discharges from the vertebrate optic nerve.
1928 CE
#1308
The basis of sensation. The action of the sense organs.
In 1932 Adrian shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Charles Scott Sherrington "for their discoveries about the function of neurons." See also Nos. 1307, 1528, and 1303.
1934 CE
#1447
The interpretation of potential waves in the cortex.
Confirmation of Berger’s findings (No. 1446). See also Brain, 1934, 57, 355-85.