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The compound nature of the action current of nerve as disclosed by the cathode ray oscillograph.

ERLANGER, Joseph (1874 – 1965) Wikipedia

GASSER, Herbert Spencer (1888 – 1963) Wikipedia

Publication Details

Amer. J. Physiol. 70, 624-66. 1924 CE.

In 1944 Erlanger and Gasser shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries regarding the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibers."

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NEUROSCIENCE › NERVOUS SYSTEM › Peripheral Nerves / Nerve Impulses NOBEL PRIZES › Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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