John Newport Langley
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| John Newport Langley | |
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| Born | 2 November 1852 Newbury, UK |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Cambridge, UK |
| Residence | UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Physiologist |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Academic advisors | Michael Foster |
| Notable students | Walter Morley Fletcher Charles Sherrington |
| Known for | Autonomic nervous system Secretion |
| Notable awards | Royal Medal (1892) |
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John Newport Langley (2 November 1852 – 5 November 1925) was a British physiologist. He spent his entire career at Cambridge University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1883 and later its vice-president.
Langley is known as one of the fathers of the chemical receptor theory, and as the origin of the concept of "receptive substance".[1][2]
In 1901, he advanced research in neurotransmitters and chemical receptors, working with extracts from adrenal glands. These extracts elicited responses in tissues that were similar to those induced by nerve stimulation.[3]
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- Katz, B. (1986). "Archibald Vivian Hill", Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 406
