Bhattacharyya Kalyan B
Department of Neurology, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2018 Jan-Mar;21(1):19-23. doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_271_17.
Edgar Douglas Adrian and Patrick Anthony Merton are two supreme neurophysiologists from England in the last century whose names are almost forgotten these days. Adrian's work on all-or-none phenomenon in nerve and muscle excitability ushered in a new era and Merton's servo theory of muscular movement and muscle fatigue added a new dimension to the understanding of stretch reflex and deep tendon reflexes. Both of them trained and worked at Trinity College, Cambridge and both were elected as Fellow of the Royal Society and Adrian in addition, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1932 along with Charles Scott Sherrington.
埃德加·道格拉斯·艾德里安和帕特里克·安东尼·默顿是上世纪两位杰出的英国神经生理学家，如今他们的名字几乎已被遗忘。艾德里安在神经和肌肉兴奋性方面关于全或无现象的研究开创了一个新时代，而默顿的肌肉运动和肌肉疲劳伺服理论为对牵张反射和深部腱反射的理解增添了新的维度。他们两人都曾在剑桥大学三一学院接受培训并工作，两人都当选为皇家学会会员，此外，艾德里安还在1932年与查尔斯·斯科特·谢灵顿一同被授予诺贝尔奖。
