Not Committing Barbarisms: Sherrington and the Synapse, 1897

The word synapse first appeared in 1897, in the seventh edition of Michael Foster’s Textbook of Physiology. Foster was assisted in writing the volume on the nervous system by Charles Sherrington, who can be credited with developing and advocating the physiological concept of a synapse. The word itse...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Brain research bulletin 1997, Vol.44 (3), p.211-212
1. Verfasser:	Tansey, E.M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	History History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Neurophysiology - history Sherrington Synapse Synapses Terminology as Topic Textbooks as Topic - history
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Zusammenfassung:	The word synapse first appeared in 1897, in the seventh edition of Michael Foster’s Textbook of Physiology. Foster was assisted in writing the volume on the nervous system by Charles Sherrington, who can be credited with developing and advocating the physiological concept of a synapse. The word itself however, was derived by a Cambridge classicist, Arthur Verrall.
ISSN:	0361-9230 1873-2747
DOI:	10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00312-2