Langley JN

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Full name : Langley John Newport

First name : John Newport

Mail : Cambridge University

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Country : United Kingdom

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Website : \/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Newport_Langley

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John Newport Langley was born on 2 November 1852 and died on 5 November 1925. He was a British physiologist. He spent his entire career at Cambridge University. He was at the origin of the concept of -receptive substance- He worked extensively with nicotine, physostigmine and curares and showed an effect of ACh on muscle.

References (2)

Title : The physiological action of physostigmine and its action on denervated skeletal muscle -
Author(s) : Langley JN , Kato T
Ref : Journal of Physiology London , 49 :410 , 1915
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Title : On the mechanism of the movements of the iris -
Author(s) : Langley JN , Anderson HK
Ref : Journal of Physiology London , 13 :554 , 1892
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