John Eccles
Also known as John Carew Eccles, Sir John Carew Eccles
Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997)
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John Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist who lived from 1903 to 1997 and made important discoveries about how nerve cells communicate with each other. His work helped explain the fundamental mechanisms of the nervous system, which is essential to understanding how the brain and body function.
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- 1735
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- The loves of Mars and Venus
- John Eccles - Court Odes
- John Eccles - Incidental Music, Part 3
- Wonder of Being Human Our Brain and Our MI
- John Eccles - Incidental Music, Part 2
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Sir John Carew Eccles (27 January 1903 – 2 May 1997) was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.
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1903 births1997 deathsAcademic staff of the Australian National UniversityAcademic staff of the University of OtagoAlumni of Magdalen College, OxfordAustralian emigrants to SwitzerlandAustralian expatriates in SwitzerlandAustralian expatriates in the United StatesAustralian fellows of the Royal SocietyAustralian Knights BachelorAustralian neuroscientists