Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

Sherrington, Sir Charles Scott (1857–1952), British neurophysiologist who shared with Edgar D. Adrian the 1932 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for studies of the nervous system that form the basis of our modern understanding of its action. He established the use of the word “synapse,” explained the functions of the spinal cord, and made vital contributions to the understanding of muscles. He is the author of The Integrative Action of the Nervous System (1906).

See also: Nervous system.