Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932

Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

Photo: Elliott and Fry. Nobel Foundation archive

Prize share: 1/2

Edgar Douglas Adrian

Photo: Walter Stoneman. Nobel Foundation archive

Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932 was awarded jointly to Sir Charles Scott Sherrington and Edgar Douglas Adrian "for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons"

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