Yngve Zotterman
Gulle Yngve Zotterman (born September 20, 1898 in Vadstena , † March 13, 1982 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish neurophysiologist .
After completing his medical training at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, he and Edgar Adrian carried out pioneering research into signal coding on myelinated nerve fibers in his laboratory . In his own laboratory, Zottermann was the first to demonstrate the transmission of signals in non-myelinated nerve fibers (Erlanger / Gasser class C) and to explain the sensory properties of the skin, in particular the perception of pain and heat.
He led the physiological study of energy consumption and metabolism in Swedish loggers, the very first study of hard workers. He later devoted himself to the neurochemical properties of the sense of taste .
In 1971 Zottermann was elected to the German Leopoldina .
credentials
- ↑ Yngve Zotterman: Touch, Tickle and Pain, Part I . Pergamon Press, Oxford 1969, p. 269.
- ↑ Knut Schmidt-Nielsen : Yngve Zotterman . In: The Physiologist . 25, No. 5, 1982, p. 431.
- ^ Yngve Zotterman: Touch, Tickle and Pain, Part II . Pergamon Press, Oxford 1971, p. 293.
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| SURNAME | Zotterman, Yngve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zotterman, Gulle Yngve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish neurophysiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vadstena |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1982 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |