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Swedish neurophysiologist (1898–1982)

Yngve Zotterman (20 September 1898 in Vadstena – 13 March 1982 in Stockholm) was a Swedish neurophysiologist who received his medical training at the Karolinska Institute. He conducted pioneering studies on nerve conduction together with Edgar Adrian. He then worked on sensory function of skin, particularly related to pain, heat and the neurochemistry of taste buds.

He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 1949, and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1953.

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References

  1. Zotterman, Yngve (1969). Touch, Tickle and Pain, Part I. Oxford: Pergamon Press. p. 269.
  2. Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut (1982). "Yngve Zotterman" (PDF). The Physiologist. 25 (5): 431. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  3. Garson, Justin (March 2015). "The Birth of Information in the Brain: Edgar Adrian and the Vacuum Tube". Science in Context. 28 (1): 31–52. doi:10.1017/S0269889714000313. ISSN 0269-8897.
  4. Zotterman, Yngve (1971). Touch, Tickle and Pain, Part II. Oxford: Pergamon Press. p. 293.


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