Adrian, Edgar Douglas, Baron
Adrian, Edgar Douglas, Baron (1889–1977) British neurophysiologist, who became a professor at Cambridge in 1937, where he remained until his retirement. He is best known for his work on nerve impulses, establishing that messages are conveyed by changes in the frequency of the impulses. He shared the 1932 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Sir Charles Sherrington for this work.
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