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The origin of each of us stems from codes of genetic inheritance.

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I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.

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Many people, including myself, had our scientific lives changed by the inspiring new vision of science that Popper gave us.

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England was a delightful and stimulating place for a young academic, although by present standards, the laboratory facilities were primitive. There were almost no research grants and no secretarial assistance, even for Sherrington.

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I can explain my body and my brain, but there's something more. I can't explain my own existence - what makes me a unique human being.

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The body and dendrites of a nerve cell are specialized for the reception and integration of information which is conveyed as impulses that are fired from other nerve cells along their axons.

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Changes in relative ionic concentration across the postsynaptic membrane are readily effected by altering the ionic composition of the external medium.

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We and our fellow men of all countries must realize that we share this wonderful, beautiful, salubrious earth as brothers and that there never will be anywhere else to go.

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To the brains of our predecessors we owe all of our inheritance of civilization and culture.

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I am passionately devoted to the study of life, and particularly to the higher forms of life.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Scientist

Born: January 27th, 1903

Died: May 2nd, 1997

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