How did Sherrington's contributions impact modern medicine?
His contributions mainly impacted physics
His impact is significant in understanding the nervous system
He mainly impacted the field of chemistry
His impact is rather trivial
Answer
Charles Scott Sherrington was a British physiologist and neuroscientist. His contributions to modern medicine include the discovery of the synapse and the neuron doctrine, which is the idea that neurons are the basic units of the nervous system. He also studied the role of the nervous system in sleep, emotion, and movement.
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