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What concept did Sherrington help establish through his research?
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Charles Scott Sherrington was a British physiologist who conducted research on the nervous system. His work helped to establish the neuron doctrine, which states that neurons are the basic units of the nervous system and that they communicate with each other through synapses. Sherrington's work also helped to explain how the nervous system controls movement and how it regulates the body's internal environment.
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