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    John Newport Langley FRS (2 November 1852 – 5 November 1925) was a British physiologist, who made substantive discoveries about the nervous system and...
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  • receptor models preceded accurate knowledge of receptors by many years. John Newport Langley and Paul Ehrlich introduced the concept that receptors can mediate...
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  • by Michael Foster. In 1893–1894 Foster's colleague John Newport Langley took over as editor. Langley remained the proprietor and editor until his death...
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    anatomy, and physiology; second in zoology; and highest overall. John Newport Langley was Sherrington's other tutor. The two were interested in how anatomical...
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    nervous system, receiving less recognition. In 1898, British scientist John Newport Langley first coined the term "autonomic" in classifying the connections...
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  • editor John Newport Langley (1852–1925), British physiologist Art Langley (John Arthur Langley, 1896–1967), American ice hockey player John Langley (rugby...
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    The terminology ‘Parasympathetic nervous system’ was introduced by John Newport Langley in 1921. He was the first person who put forward the concept of PSNS...
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    needed] In 1665, Thomas Willis used the terminology, and in 1900, John Newport Langley used the term, defining the two divisions as the sympathetic and...
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  • scientist John Newport Langley first coined the term "autonomic" in classifying the connections of nerve fibers to peripheral nerve cells. Langley is known...
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    1945), journalist Nicky Henderson (born 1950), racehorse trainer John Newport Langley (1852–1925), scientist George Mann (1917–2001), English cricket team...
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    approach to equilibrium. The paper, written under the supervision of John Newport Langley, is a landmark in the history of receptor theory, because the context...
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    Sherrington was delayed for many years owing to the influential claim by John Newport Langley that the autonomic nervous system used only efferent (brain-to-body)...
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  • She studied the process of liver ferment, publishing solo and with John Newport Langley about her findings in the Journal of Physiology. She was involved...
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    and muscles mediated transmission of excitation. However, work by John Newport Langley had suggested that in the autonomic nervous system communication...
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    1899: Charles Scott Sherrington 1901: Frederick William Pavy 1903: John Newport Langley 1905: Ivan Pavlov 1907: Ernest Henry Starling 1909: Emil Fischer...
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    for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and NASA, at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. In 1949, she became acting supervisor...
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    extensively at NASA's Langley facilities. The city is located contiguously to the neighboring independent cities of both Newport News and Poquoson. Many...
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  • Neuroscience where the chair is now based. Michael Foster (1883–1903) John Newport Langley (1903–1925) Joseph Barcroft (1926–1937) Edgar Adrian (1937–1951)...
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  • Landis United States Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience-2015 John Newport Langley 1852–1925 United Kingdom Louis Lapicque 1866–1952 France Marcelle...
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    sympathetic nerve stimulation. The correspondence was extended by John Newport Langley and, under his supervision, Thomas Renton Elliott in Cambridge. In...
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    for two years abroad, with Ewald Hering (1834–1918) in Germany, John Newport Langley (1852–1925) and Joseph Barcroft (1872–1947) in England, and at the...
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    physiology Scientific career Fields Physiologist Institutions Cambridge University Academic advisors John Newport Langley Notable students Archibald Hill...
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    undergraduate student she was supervised in the Physiological Laboratory by John Newport Langley. She was not awarded a degree since Cambridge did not award degrees...
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    award winner. Early awardees included, in 1927 George Yeld VMH, American John Wister and Frenchman Seraphin Mottet. In 1936 it was given to painter William...
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    1923–1943: Hugh Fraser Stewart 1943–1958: John Burnaby 1958-1969: Harry Williams 1969–1983: John Robinson 1984–1991: John Bowker 1991–2006: Arnold Browne 2006–present:...
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    nerveux autonome sympathique et parasympathique, 1923; (translation of John Newport Langley). Abrégé de pharmacologie, 1926, 7th edition 1947. Les Amines biologiques...
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    year he moved with his new wife to England and studied first under John Newport Langley at Cambridge and then Henry Dale at Hampstead. In 1927 he returned...
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    Newport News (/ˌnuːpɔːrt -, -pərt -/) is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247....
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    1907 John Bretland Farmer, Structural constituents of the nucleus, and their relation to the organisation of the individual 1906 John Newport Langley and...
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    eISSN 2053-9223. JSTOR 108528. Retrieved 2 July 2024. Jackson, R. (2013). "John Tyndall and the Royal Medal that was never struck". Notes and Records. 68...
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