[Reizungwelle or propagated disturbance? A neurophysiological debate in the late 19th and early 20th century].
The article aims at illustrating the contribution of German and British scientists to the origin and the transmission of the nervous impulses. The debate originated at a time when physiologists tried to ascertain whether the stimulation wave is concomitant with the nervous impulse.
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Dipartimento di Filosofia, Università di Torino, I.
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000266:history; D004739:England; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000266:history*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*