1889–1977 English physiologist and one of the founders of modern neurophysiology.
Keywords: neurophysiology; sense organs; electroencephalography; nervous impulse
Adrian, Edgar Douglas
EM Tansey, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002345
| Further Reading | |
| book Lucas K, revised by Adrian ED (1917) The Conduction of the Nervous Impulse. London: Longmans, Green. | |
| book Adrian ED (1928) The Basis of Sensation: The Actions of the Sense Organs. London: Christophers. | |
| book Adrian ED (1932) The Mechanism of Nervous Action: Electrical Studies of the Neurone. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |
| Adrian ED (1954) Memorable experiences in research. Diabetes 3: 17–20. | |
| book Brodman E (1990) "Lord Edgar Douglas Adrian". In: Fox DM, Meldrum M and Rezak I (eds) Nobel Laureates in Medicine or Physiology: A Biographical Dictionary, pp. 1–4. New York: Garland. | |
| Hodgkin AL (1979) Adrian, Edgar Douglas, Baron Adrian of Cambridge, 1889–1977. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 25: 1–73. | |
