1857–1952Britishphysiologistwho elucidated the workings of the nervous system.
Keywords: physiology; nervous system; synapse; reflex; neuron theory; Michael Foster; Virchow; Koch
Sherrington, Charles Scott
Lois N Magner, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002479
| Further Reading | |
| book Sherrington CD (1906) The Integrative Action of the Nervous System. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. | |
| book Sherrington CS and Liddell EGT (1929) Mammalian Physiology: A Course of Practical Exercises. Oxford: Clarendon Press. | |
| book Sherrington CS (1941) Man on His Nature. The Gifford lectures, Edinburgh, 1937–8. New York: The Macmillan Company; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Sherrington CS (1946) The Endeavour of Jean Fernel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Sherrington CS (1947) The Integrative Action of the Nervous System. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. | |
| book Sherrington CS (1949) Goethe on Nature and on Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Sherrington CS (1979) Selected Writings of Sir Charles Sherrington: A Testimonial Presented by the Neurologists Forming the Guarantors of the Journal Brain. (Compiled and edited by D Denny-Brown.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |
| book Cohen H (Lord Cohen of Birkenhead) (1958) Sherrington: Physiologist, Philosopher and Poet. Springfield, IL: Thomas. | |
| book Granit R (1966) Charles Scott Sherrington: An Appraisal. London: Nelson. | |
| book Swazey JP (1969) Reflexes and Motor Integration: Sherrington's Concept of Integrative Action. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. | |
