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Joseph Erlanger

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Gender Male
Death59 years ago
Date of birth January 5,1874
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Born San Francisco
California
United States
Date of died December 5,1965
DiedSt. Louis
Missouri
United States
BooksElectrical Signs of Nervous Activity
Notable student Herbert Spencer Gasser
Awards Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Education Lowell High School
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Joseph Erlanger was an American physiologist who is best known for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Together with Herbert Spencer Gasser, he identified several varieties of nerve fiber and established the relationship between action potential velocity and fiber diameter.

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