VERNEY, Ernest Basil (1894 – 1967)
1894 – 1967
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1924 CE–1925 CE
#1240
The secretion of urine as studied on the isolated kidney.
Demonstration that the anti-diuretic action of vasopressin is exerted directly on the kidney, and that tubules of the kidney reabsorb water.
1947 CE
#1244.2
The antidiuretic hormone and the factors which determine its release.
Verney elucidated the factors that determine the release of antidiuretic hormone, and introduced the osmoreceptor concept.