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Parallels in nerve and muscle research*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

A. F. Huxley
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Abstract

The history of research on nerve conduction and muscle contraction shows many interesting parallels not only in the development of ideas about the underlying mechanisms but also in over-emphasis on certain ‘principles’ and in the loss of valid discoveries made at the turn of the century.

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Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 23 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1994

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* This was the basis of a lecture given by Sir Andrew Huxley at the meeting of Nobel Laureates at Lindau in 1993.