Julius Bernstein
Julius Bernstein · Science & Medicine
Physiologist who proposed the membrane theory of the nerve impulse.
1839, Berlin, Prussia (Germany) — 1917, Halle, Germany
Germany
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Bernstein was a German physiologist who proposed the membrane theory of the nerve impulse, explaining the electrical action of nerves and muscles in terms of ion concentrations across the cell membrane — a foundation of modern electrophysiology. He came from a Jewish family in Berlin; his uncle was the writer and scientist Aaron Bernstein.
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Physiologist who proposed the membrane theory of the nerve impulse.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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