Reizungwelle or Propagated Disturbance? A Neurophysiological Debate in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century
Authors
Germana Pareti
Department of Philosophy, University of Turin, I
Keywords:
Nervous impulses, Stimulation , Neurophysiology
Abstract
The article aims at illustrating the contribution of German and British scientists to the origin and the transmission of the nervous impulses. The debate originated at a time when physiologists tried to ascertain whether the stimulation wave is concomitant with the nervous impulse.