Yngve Zotterman

Yngve Zotterman (20 September 1898 in Vadstena – 13 March 1982 in Stockholm)[1][2] was a Swedish neurophysiologist who received his medical training at the Karolinska Institute. He conducted pioneering studies on nerve conduction together with Edgar Adrian.[3] He then worked on sensory function of skin, particularly related to pain, heat and the neurochemistry of taste buds.[4]

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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