How old was Edgar Adrian when he won the Noble prize?
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35
30
Answer
Edgar Adrian was 42 years old when he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1932. He shared the prize with Charles Scott Sherrington for their work on the nervous system. Adrian's research focused on the electrical activity of neurons, and he was able to show that neurons transmit signals by means of electrical impulses.
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