In memoriam Lord Adrian (1889–1977)

1912 With Lucas K. On the summation of propagated disturbances in nerve and muscle. J Physiol (Lond) 44:68–124Google Scholar

On the conduction of subnormal disturbances in normal nerve. J Physiol (Lond) 45:389–412Google Scholar

1913 Wedensky inhibition in relation to the “all-or-none” principle in nerve. J Physiol (Lond) 46:384–412Google Scholar

1914 The all-or-none principle in nerve. J Physiol (Lond) 47:460–474Google Scholar

The relation between the size of the propagated disturbance and the rate of conduction in nerve. J Physiol (Lond) 48:53–72Google Scholar

The temperature coefficient of the refractory period in nerve. J Physiol (Lond) 48:453–464Google Scholar

1916 The recovery of conductivity and of excitability in nerve. J Physiol (Lond) 50:345–363Google Scholar

The electrical reactions of muscle before and after nerve injury. Brain 39:1–33Google Scholar

Lord Adrian 1917 Physiological basis of electrical tests in peripheral nerve injury. Arch Radiol ElectrotherGoogle Scholar

With Yealland LR. The treatment of some common war neuroses. Lancet 192:867–872CrossRefGoogle Scholar

1918 Conduction in peripheral nerve and in the central nervous system. Brain 41:23–47Google Scholar

1919 The response of human sensory nerves to currents of short duration. J Physiol (Lond) 53:70–85Google Scholar

1920 A rotating contact breaker designed bei Keith Lucas. J Physiol (Lond) 54:XXVI–XXVIIGoogle Scholar

The recovery process of excitable tissues. Part I. J Physiol (Lond) 54:1–31Google Scholar

1921 The recovery process of excitable tissues. Part II. J Physiol (Lond) 55:193–225Google Scholar

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1922 The relation between the stimulus and the electric response in a single muscle fibre. Arch Néerl Physiol 7:330–332Google Scholar

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With Olmsted JMD. The refractory phase in a reflex arc. J Physiol (Lond) 56:426–443Google Scholar

Lord Adrian 1923 The time relations of the isometric twitch. J Physiol (Lond) XI–XIIGoogle Scholar

Lord Adrian 1923 The conception of nervous and mental energy (I). Br J Psychol 14Google Scholar

Disorders of function in the neurone. Proc R Soc Med 16:55–60Google Scholar

With Cooper S. The frequency of discharge from the spinal cord in the frog. J Physiol (Lond) 58:209–229Google Scholar

1924 With Watts CF. A needle thermo-junction. J Physiol 58:XI–XIIGoogle Scholar

With Cooper S. The electric response in reflex contractions of spinal and decerebrate preparations. Proc R Soc Lond B 96:243–258Google Scholar

A class experiment on the nature of the injury current. J Physiol 59:I–IIGoogle Scholar

With Cooper S. The maximum frequency of reflex response in the spinal cat. J Physiol (Lond) 59:61–81Google Scholar

Some recent work on inhibition. Brain 47:399–416Google Scholar

1925 The chronaxie of frog's ventricular muscle. J Physiol (Lond) 69:LXII–LXIIIGoogle Scholar

Oliver-Sharpey lectures on the interpretation of the electromyogram. Lancet 208:1229–1233, 1282–1286Google Scholar

The spread of activity in the tenuissimus muscle of the cat and in other complex muscles. J Physiol (Lond) 60:301–315Google Scholar

1926 The impulses produced by sensory nerve endings. Part 1. J Physiol (Lond) 61:49–72Google Scholar

With Zotterman Y. The impulses produced by sensory nerve endings. Part 2. J Physiol (Lond) 61:151–172Google Scholar

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The impulses produced by sensory nerve endings. Part 4. J Physiol (Lond) 62:33–51Google Scholar

1927 With Eckhard R. Impulses in the optic nerve. J Physiol (Lond) 62:XXIII–XXVGoogle Scholar

With Matthews R. The action of light on the eye. Part I. J Physiol (Lond) 63:378–414Google Scholar

With Matthews R. The action of light on the eye. Part II. J Physiol (Lond) 64:279–301Google Scholar

1928 With Matthews R. The action of light on the eye. Part III. J Physiol (Lond) 65:273–298Google Scholar

Die Untersuchung der Sinnesorgane mit Hilfe elektrophysiologischer Methoden. Ergeb Physiol 26:501–530Google Scholar

With Bronk DW. The discharge of impulses in motor nerve fibres. Part I. Impulses in single fibres of the phrenic nerve. J Physiol (Lond) 66:81–101Google Scholar

With Bronk DW. Apparatus for demonstrating nerve and muscle action currents. J Physiol (Lond) 66:XIII–XIVGoogle Scholar

Lord Adrian The basis of sensation. Christophers, LondonGoogle Scholar

Le message sensoriel. J Physiol 25:713–720Google Scholar

1929 With Bronk DW. The discharge of impulses in motor nerve fibres. Part II. The frequency of discharge in reflex and voluntary contractions. J Physiol 67:119–151Google Scholar

With Umrath K. The impulse discharge from the pacinian corpuscle. J Physiol (Lond) 68:139–154Google Scholar

1930 The mechanism of the sense organs. Physiol Rev 10:336–347Google Scholar

The effects of injury on mammalian nerve fibres. Proc R Soc Lond B 106:596–618Google Scholar

Impulses in sympathetic fibres and in slow afferent fibres. J Physiol (Lond) 70:XX–XXIGoogle Scholar

The activity of the nervous system in the caterpillar. J Physiol (Lond) 70:XXXIV–XXXVGoogle Scholar

1931 Croonian Lecture — The messages in sensory nerve fibres and their interpretation. Proc R Soc London B 109:2–18Google Scholar

With Buytendijk FJJ. Potential changes in the isolated brain stem of the goldfish. J Physiol (Lond) 71:121–135Google Scholar

Potential changes in the isolated nervous system of dytiscus marginalis. J Physiol (Lond) 72:132–151Google Scholar

The microphonic action of the cochlea: An interpretation of Wever and Bray's experiments. J Physiol (Lond) 71:XXVIII–XXIXGoogle Scholar

With Cattell, McK, Hoagland H. Sensory discharges in single cutaneous nerve fibres. J Physiol (Lond) 72:377–391Google Scholar

With Bronk DW, Phillips G. The nervous origin of the Wever and Bray effect. J Physiol (Lond) 73:2P–3PGoogle Scholar

With Bronk DW, Phillips G. Discharges in mammalian sympathetic nerves. J Physiol (Lond) 74:115–133Google Scholar

Sensory impulses produced by heat and injury. J Physiol (Lond) 74:17P–18PGoogle Scholar

The activity of the optic ganglion of dytiscus marginalis. J Physiol (Lond) 75:26P–27PGoogle Scholar

Visceral sense organs. Horsley lecture, University College, LondonGoogle Scholar

The activity of the nerve fibres. In: Nobel lectures (1932): Physiology and medicine (1922–1931). Elsevier, Amsterdam London New York, pp 293–300Google Scholar

1933 With Gelfan S. Rhythmic activity in skeletal muscle fibres. J Physiol (Lond) 78:271–287Google Scholar

Afferent impulses in the vagus and their effect on respiration. J Physiol (Lond) 79:332–358Google Scholar

The all-or-nothing reaction. Ergeb Physiol 35:744–755Google Scholar

With Matthews BHC. Observations on the electrical activity of the cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 80:1P–2PGoogle Scholar

1934 With Matthews BHC. The interpretation of potential waves in the cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 81:440–471Google Scholar

Electrical activity of the nervous system. Arch Neurol Psychol 32:1125–1136Google Scholar

With Matthews BHC. The Berger rhythm: potential changes from the occipital lobes in man. Brain 57:355–385Google Scholar

1935 Discharge frequencies in the cerebral and cerebellar cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 83:32P–33PGoogle Scholar

With Yamagiwa K. The origin of the Berger rhythm. Brain 58:223–251Google Scholar

Recent work on the sensory mechanism of the nervous system. XV. International Physiological Congress Leningrad-Moscow, 9–17 VIII 1935. Adv Med Biol 4:11–15Google Scholar

The mechanism of nervous action. University of Pennsylvania Press, PhiladelphiaGoogle Scholar

1936 The electrical activity of the cortex. Proc R Soc Med 29:197–200Google Scholar

The spread of activity in the cerebral cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 88:127–161Google Scholar

The Berger rhythm in the monkey's brain. J Physiol (Lond) 87:83P–84PGoogle Scholar

Lord Adrian 1936 Research on the central nervous system. Sci Progr 121Google Scholar

Lord Adrian 1936 The nervous system. Harvard Tercentenary Publications “Factors determining Human Behaviour”.Google Scholar

Lord Adrian 1937 Cortical facilitation with electric stimuli. J Physiol (Lond) 89:1PGoogle Scholar

Lord Adrian The frequency range of neurones in the cerebral cortex. Volume Jubilaire publié en l'honneur du Prof. J. Demoor, 1937Google Scholar

Lord Adrian 1937 The physiology of sleep. Ir J Med SciGoogle Scholar

Synchronized reactions in the optic ganglion of Dytiscus. J Physiol (Lond) 91:66–89Google Scholar

Lord Adrian 1938 The psychological interpretation of the electroencephalogram. XI^e Congrès International de Psychologie, Paris 25–31 Juillet 1937. 1:231–234Google Scholar

The electrophysiology of the sense organs. Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper 13:257–262Google Scholar

The effect of sound on the ear in reptiles. J Physiol (Lond) 92:9P–10PGoogle Scholar

Lord Adrian 1938 The brain and the mind. The Huxley lecture. Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, Nov. 18, 1937Google Scholar

With Craick KJW, Sturdy RS. The electrical response of the auditory mechanism in cold-blooded vertebrates. Proc R Soc Lond B 125:435–455Google Scholar

With Ludwig C. Nervous discharge from the olfactory organs of fish. J Physiol (Lond) 94:441–460Google Scholar

The localization of activity in the brain. Ferrier lecture. Proc R Soc Lond B 126:433–449Google Scholar

1939 The development of the sense of hearing. Royal Institution lecture. Proc R Inst 30:1–10Google Scholar

With Moruzzi G. High-frequency discharges from cerebral neurones. J Physiol 95:27P–28PGoogle Scholar

Lord Adrian 1939 With Moruzzi G. Epileptiform discharges from the motor cortex. Abstracts of the third Internat Neurol Congress, Copenhagen, 21–25 August 1939. Munksgaard, Copenhagen, p 209Google Scholar

With Moruzzi G. Impulses in the pyramidal tract. J Physiol 97:153–199Google Scholar

Le développement du sens de l'audition. Bull Soc Philomatique. 122:28–42Google Scholar

1940 Double representation of the feet in the sensory cortex of the cat. J Physiol (Lond) 98:16P–18PGoogle Scholar

Lord Adrian 1940 Visual responses in the cat and monkey. J Physiol (Lond) 100:9PGoogle Scholar

1941 Afferent discharges to the cerebral cortex from peripheral sense organs. J Physiol (Lond) 100:159–191Google Scholar

1942 Olfactory reactions in the brain of the hedgehog. J Physiol (Lond) 100:459–473Google Scholar

Lord Adrian 1942 The electrical reactions of the cochlea and auditory nerves. Soc of Otology, Roy Soc of Medicine, Dec. 4Google Scholar

1943 Discharges from vestibular receptors in the cat. J Physiol (Lond) 101:389–407Google Scholar

Lord Adrian 1943 The dominance of vision. Dayne Memorial lecture. Oxford Ophthalm Congress 1943 (delivered July 8, 1943)Google Scholar

Afferent areas in the brain of ungulates. Brain 68:89–103Google Scholar

Sensory areas of the brain. Lancet II:33CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Afferent areas in the cerebellum connected with the limbs. Brain 66:289–315Google Scholar

1944 Brain rhythms. Nature 153:360–362Google Scholar

Localization in the cerebrum and cerebellum. Br Med J II:137Google Scholar

Rod and cone responses in the human eye. Nature 154:361Google Scholar

1945 The electric response of the human eye. J Physiol (Lond) 104:84–104Google Scholar

1946 Rod and cone components in the electric response of the eye. J Physiol (Lond) 105:24–37Google Scholar

The somatic receiving area in the brain of the Shetland pony. Brain 69:1–8Google Scholar

The mental and the physical origins of behaviour. J Psychoanal 27:1–6Google Scholar

Lord Adrian 1946 A class demonstration of the alpha rhythm. J Physiol (Lond) 106:16PGoogle Scholar

1947 Sir Joseph Barcroft, C.B.E., F.R.S. Nature 159:565Google Scholar

General principles of nervous activity. Brain 70:1–17Google Scholar

With Feldberg W, Kilby BA. The cholinesterase inhibiting action of fluorophosphonates. Br J Pharmacol Chemother 2:56–58Google Scholar

Pain and its problems. Practitioner 158:76–82Google Scholar

The physical background of perception. The Waynflete lectures. Clarendon Press, OxfordGoogle Scholar

1948 The sense of smell. Adv Sci 4:287–292Google Scholar

The organisation of the nervous system. The Harpen lectures, 1947. J R Inst Publ Health Hyg 11:82–110Google Scholar

The aims of medicine. Lancet II:997–1011CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Lord Adrian 1948 El sentido del olfato. Rev Psicol Gen Apl 615–632Google Scholar

1949 The development of nerve cell rhythms. Arch Psychiatr Nervenkr 183:197–205CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Centenary of Pavlov's birth. Br Med J II:6Google Scholar

Sensory integration. The Sherrington lectures I. Liverpool University Press, LiverpoolGoogle Scholar

1950 Sensory discrimination, with some recent evidence from the olfactory organ. Br Med Bull 6:330–333PubMedGoogle Scholar

The electrical activity of the mammalian olfactory bulb. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 2:377–388CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar

1951 Experiments on the nervous system. The 19th Stephen Paget Memorial lecture. Conquest 39:2–14Google Scholar

Sleep. Wilde Memorial lecture, Manchester. Mem Proc Manchester Lit Phil Soc 102:1–14Google Scholar

Olfactory discrimination. Année Psychol 50:107–113Google Scholar

Rhythmic discharges from the thalamus. J Physiol (Lond) 113:9P–10PGoogle Scholar

The role of air movement in olfactory stimulation. J Physiol (Lond) 114:4P–5PGoogle Scholar

Lord Adrian Differential sensitivity of olfactory receptors. J Physiol (Lond) 115:42PGoogle Scholar

1952 Address of the President, professor E.D. Adrian, at the anniversary meeting, 30 November 1951. Proc R Soc Lond A 211:1–11Google Scholar

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Freedom and responsibility of science. Address delivered at the 89th annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. April 29, 1952. Nat Acad Sci News Rep 2:49–52Google Scholar

The discrimination of odours by the nose. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 39:36–39Google Scholar

Sir Charles Sherrington, O.M., G.B.E., F.R.S. Nature 169:668PubMedGoogle Scholar

1953 Address of the President, Dr. E.D. Adrian, O.M., at the anniversary meeting, 1 December 1952. Proc R Soc Lond A 216:V–XVGoogle Scholar

Speech by the President, Dr. E.D. Adrian, O.M., at the anniversary dinner of the Royal Society 1952, in reply to the toast of ‘The Royal Society'. Notes Rec R Soc Lond 10:67–70Google Scholar

The nervous reactions of the retina. The Trotter-Paterson Memorial lecture delivered at the Royal Institution, London, on January 28, 1953. Trans Illum Eng Soc 18:105–112Google Scholar

Sensory messages and sensation. The response of the olfactory organ to different smells. Acta Physiol Scand 29:5–14PubMedGoogle Scholar

1954 Address of the President, Dr. E.D. Adrian, O.M. at the anniversary meeting, 30 November 1953. Proc R Soc Lond A 221:143–151Google Scholar

Il meccanismo sensoriale dell'organo olfattorio. Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper 30:411–417PubMedGoogle Scholar

Memorable experiences in research. Diabetes 3:17–27PubMedGoogle Scholar

The basis of sensation. Some recent studies of olfaction. Banting Memorial lecture delivered in Toronto on September 16, (1953). Br Med J I:287–290Google Scholar

Recent developments in the study of the sense organs. The Trueman Wood lecture delivered on 17 March, 1954. J R Soc Arts 102:755–763Google Scholar

1955 Address of the President, Dr. E.D. Adrian, O.M., at the anniversary meeting, 30 November 1954. Proc R Soc Lond A 227:279–287Google Scholar

Synchronised activity in the vomero-nasal nerves with a note on the function of the organ of Jacobsen. Pfluegers Arch 260:188–192CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Reply to the toast of ‘The Royal Society of London’ proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon. R.A. Butler, C.H. M.P., at the Anniversary Dinner, 30 November 1954, by Dr. E.D. Adrian, President. Notes Rec R Soc Lond 11:125–128Google Scholar

Potential oscillations in the olfactory organ. J Physiol (Lond) 128:21P–22PGoogle Scholar

The action of the mammalian olfactory organ. The Semon lecture, 1955. J Laryngol Otol 70:1–14Google Scholar

1956 Address of the President, Lord Adrian, O.M., at the anniversary meeting, 30 November 1955. Proc R Soc Lond A 234:151–160Google Scholar

Changing concepts in science. J Franklin Inst 261:33–37CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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1957 Electrical oscillations recorded from the olfactory organ. J Physiol (Lond) 136:20P–30PGoogle Scholar

The analysis of the nervous system. The Sherrington Memorial lectures. Proc R Soc Med 50:991–998PubMedGoogle Scholar

Lord Adrian Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, O.M., 1857–1952. Notes Rec R Soc Lond 12Google Scholar

1958 The control of the nervous system by the sense organs. Arch Psychiatr Nervenkr 196:482–493CrossRefGoogle Scholar

1959 The place of science in universities past and present. Nature 183:1706–1709Google Scholar

Our concern for the mind. Address given at the adjourned annual general meeting of the British Medical Association at Edinburgh on 20 July. Br Med J II:78–81Google Scholar

Sensory mechanisms. Introduction. Handbook of Physiology, Section of Neurophysiology. Amer Physiol Soc 1:365–367, WashingtonGoogle Scholar

1960 Factors in mental evolution. The Romanes lecture delivered in the Sheldonian Theatre, 24 May 1960. Clarendon, OxfordGoogle Scholar

1961 Francis Bacon, the advocate of science. Lecture at the Rockefeller Institute on April 19, 1961, in honour of the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Sir Francis Bacon. Rockefeller Institute Press, New York, pp 1–14Google Scholar

1962 Creativity in science. Perspect Biol Med 5:269–274Google Scholar

1963 The reaction of degeneration. Samuel Hyde Memorial lecture. Proc R Soc Med 56:439–443Google Scholar

Newton's rooms in Trinity. Notes Rec R Soc Lond 18:17–24Google Scholar

Priorities in medical responsibility. Jephcott lecture. Proc R Soc Med 56:523–528Google Scholar

George Macaulay Trevelyan 1876–1962. Biograph Mem Fellows R Soc 9:315–321Google Scholar

1972 Forty years' progress in neurophysiology. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol (Suppl) 31:3–7Google Scholar

1976 Detlev Wulf Bronk — Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 22:1–9Google Scholar

1977 Fisiologia — Enciclopedia del Novecento — Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana 2:1066–1068Google Scholar