John Eccles
John Eccles
Sir John Carew Eccles AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAAwas an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth27 January 1903
CountryAustralia
existence explain human
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.
darwinian realise
I came to realise that Darwinian evolution had no explanation of me as an experiencing self.
altering concentration effected external readily
Changes in relative ionic concentration across the postsynaptic membrane are readily effected by altering the ionic composition of the external medium.
devote medical study
I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.
ultimate
Brain research is the ultimate problem confronting man.
codes genetic origin stems
The origin of each of us stems from codes of genetic inheritance.