John Newport Langley 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 at the origin of the concept of "receptive substance".

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  • John Newport Langley 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 at the origin of the concept of "receptive substance".
  • John Newport Langley war ein britischer Physiologe und Histologe. Langley besuchte die Grammar School von Exeter und danach das St John’s College der Universität Cambridge. Er erhielt 1875 den Bachelor of Arts, 1878 den Magister Artium und 1896 den ScD. Langley wurde 1877 und nochmals durch Wiederwahl 1885 „Fellow“ des Trinity College der Universität Cambridge. An diesem College war er Lecturer. An der Universität Cambridge war Langley war 1883 bis 1903 Lecturer, dann von 1903 bis 1925 Professor für Physiologie. Langley führte 1898 den Begriff des Autonomen Nervensystems ein.
  • Pioniere nello studio di quella parte del sistema nervoso che, indipendentemente dalla volontà, regola le funzioni della vita vegetativa ed alla quale diede il nome, tuttora in uso, di sistema nervoso autonomo. Egli ne studiò il percorso, partendo dal midollo spinale e dai suoi gangli. Dal 1907 in poi, Langley eseguì ricerche sulle terminazioni nervose di vari tessuti organici; giunse alla conclusione che l'eccitazione di una cellula da parte di un'altra è dovuta alla presenza, nelle terminazioni nervose, di sostanze recettrici specifiche: in tal modo egli si collocava fra i fondatori della neurochimica, che negli ultimi anni ha preso grande sviluppo. Dopo la prima guerra mondiale, Langley pubblicò la prima tarte della sua opera maggiore Il sistema nervoso autonomo, lanciata incompiuta alla sua morte. Nel 1874, Langley si era laureato al Trinity College di Cambridge dove, nel 1903, fu chiamato alla cattedra di fisiologia che tenne fino alla sua scomparsa.
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  • John Newport Langley war ein britischer Physiologe und Histologe. Langley besuchte die Grammar School von Exeter und danach das St John’s College der Universität Cambridge. Er erhielt 1875 den Bachelor of Arts, 1878 den Magister Artium und 1896 den ScD. Langley wurde 1877 und nochmals durch Wiederwahl 1885 „Fellow“ des Trinity College der Universität Cambridge. An diesem College war er Lecturer.
  • Pioniere nello studio di quella parte del sistema nervoso che, indipendentemente dalla volontà, regola le funzioni della vita vegetativa ed alla quale diede il nome, tuttora in uso, di sistema nervoso autonomo. Egli ne studiò il percorso, partendo dal midollo spinale e dai suoi gangli.
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