Ralph W. Gerard

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Ralph W. Gerard is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Irvine, University of Michigan, University of Illinois College of Medicine, University of Chicago, Harvard University

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PhD Physiology University of Chicago
Doctorate Medicine University of Chicago

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According to Wikipedia, Ralph Waldo Gerard was an American neurophysiologist and behavioral scientist known for his wide-ranging work on the nervous system, nerve metabolism, psychopharmacology, and biological basis of schizophrenia.

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The normal membrane potential of frog sartorius fibers. (1949) (698)
Methods in medical research (1963) (573)
THE EXTRA RESPIRATION OF PHAGOCYTOSIS (1932) (392)
BRAIN POTENTIALS DURING SLEEP (1937) (257)
ANOXIA AND BRAIN POTENTIALS (1938) (229)
SPINAL CORD REGENERATION IN THE RAT (1940) (177)
Membrane potentials and excitation of impaled single muscle fibers. (1946) (138)
LOCALIZED THERMAL CHANGES IN THE CAT'S BRAIN (1938) (134)
Fixation of experience in the rat spinal cord. (1963) (119)
Factors influencing brain potentials during sleep. (1939) (113)
Membrane potential and threshold of single muscle fibers. (1953) (105)
ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE CAT'S BRAIN (1936) (105)
THE RESPONSE OF NERVE TO OXYGEN LACK (1930) (97)
The small-nerve motor system to skeletal muscle. (1947) (91)
Distribution exchange and migration of phosphate compounds in the nervous system. (1950) (90)
CONTROL OF THE POTENTIAL RHYTHM OF THE ISOLATED FROG BRAIN (1939) (89)
STEADY POTENTIAL FIELDS AND NEURONE ACTIVITY (1941) (88)
Physiology and psychiatry. (1949) (86)
The membrane potential and metabolism of muscle fibers. (1949) (80)
Drugs affecting RNA and learning. (1963) (79)
Brains and behavior. (1959) (77)
STUDIES ON NERVE METABOLISM: II. Respiration in Oxygen and Nitrogen (1927) (74)
Biological roots of psychiatry. (1955) (70)
Substrate and enzyme distribution in cells and cell fractions of the nervous system. (1952) (69)
OXYGEN DIFFUSION INTO CELLS (1931) (69)
The control of normal and "convulsive" brain potentials. (1940) (68)
The effect of use and disuse on neuromuscular functions (1966) (68)
Concepts of biology (1958) (66)
Units and concepts of biology. (1957) (56)
The ‘inhibitory’ effect of high‐frequency stimulation and the excitation state of nerve (1935) (48)
ANOXIA AND NEURAL METABOLISM (1938) (46)
Electrical activity of the central nervous system of the frog (1937) (43)
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF MEPROBAMATE ON NORMAL SUBJECTS (1957) (42)
FACTORS CONTROLLING BRAIN POTENTIALS (1936) (41)
FACTORS CONTROLLING BRAIN POTENTIALS IN THE CAT (1939) (41)
Enzyme distribution in isolated particulates of rat peripheral nerve. (1954) (41)
Studies on nerve metabolism (1927) (40)
Shaping the Mind--Computers in Education. (1968) (39)
Mechanism of Nerve Asphyxiation (1930) (39)
Effect of microinjected salts and ATP on the membrane potential and mechanical response of muscle. (1954) (37)
Where Is the A. I. B. S. (1952) (36)
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN: ABNORMAL NEURON STATES IN CAUSALGIA AND RELATED PHENOMENA (1951) (35)
The influence of stretch on the membrane potential of the striated muscle fiber. (1949) (35)
The oxygen tension‐oxygen consumption curve of fertilized arbacia eggs (1932) (35)
THE EFFECT OF STIMULATION ON THE DEGENERATION OF A SEVERED PERIPHERAL NERVE (1931) (32)
The Interaction of Neurones (1941) (30)
The effect of adrenaline on a conditioned avoidance response. (1955) (29)
Psychopharmacology: Problems in evaluation. (1959) (29)
REGENERATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (1931) (27)
The biological roots of psychiatry. (1955) (27)
Nerve Conduction in Relation to Nerve Structure (1931) (26)
AUTONOMIC AND MOTOR LOCALIZATION IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS (1938) (26)
Action of anticholinesterases, drugs and intermediates of respiration and electrical activity of the isolated frog brain. (1949) (25)
The effect of frequency of stimulation on the heat production of nerve (1927) (25)
Cerebral Action Potentials.∗ (1933) (25)
What is memory (1953) (25)
Effects of sodium fluoride on nerve-muscle transmission. (1956) (24)
Continued meprobamate and proclorperazine administration and behavior. (1958) (23)
Nerve and muscle phosphates (1939) (22)
THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTROLYTES ON RESPIRATION IN NERVE (1935) (21)
The biological basis of imagination. (1946) (21)
Respiration due to natural nerve impulses. A method for measuring respiration (1934) (21)
Automaticity of Central Neurones After Nicotine Block of Synapses (1938) (21)
Inhibition of brain dehydrogenases by anticholinesterases. (1949) (21)
STUDIES OF SINGLE MUSCLE FIBRES: II. A Further Analysis of the Grading Mechanism (1930) (21)
The organization of science. (1944) (21)
THE EFFECT OF CARBON DIOXIDE ON NERVE (1930) (21)
Personality differences and continued meprobamate and proclorperazine administration. (1958) (20)
HIGHER LEVELS OF INTEGRATION. (1942) (20)
THE LETHAL AGENT IN ACUTE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION (1922) (19)
The carotid-mandibular reflex in acute respiratory failure. (1947) (19)
OBSERVATIONS ON THE METABOLISM OF SARCINA LUTEA. I (1931) (19)
The Metabolism of Brain and Nerve (1937) (19)
Handbook of physiology, section I: Neurophysiology (1960) (19)
FERTILIZATION AND THE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS OF OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN EGGS OF ARBACIA PUNCTULATA (1934) (19)
The material basis of memory (1963) (18)
Electrical stimulation of metabolism of homogenates and particulates. (1952) (18)
CHEMICAL STUDIES ON INTESTINAL INTOXICATION I. THE PRESENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF HISTAMINE IN AN OBSTRUCTED BOWEL (1922) (18)
Action of cadmium and thiols on tissues and enzymes. (1947) (17)
Salt content of neural structures. (1937) (17)
The mechanism of action of phosgene and diphosgene. (1949) (16)
THE INFLUENCE OF ACTIVITY ON THE SURVIVAL OF ISOLATED NERVE (1933) (16)
Creatine in nerve, muscle and brain (1938) (15)
THE INFLUENCE OF BLOOD CONSTITUENTS ON OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN NERVE (1935) (15)
STUDIES ON NERVE METABOLISM: VI. The Carbohydrate Metabolism of Active Nerve (1930) (14)
Concepts and principles of biology. Initial Working Paper (1958) (14)
Metabolism of isolated lung tissue; normal and in phosgene poisoning. (1947) (14)
The nosology of schizophrenia: a co-operative study. (1964) (14)
Nerve conduction without increased oxygen consumption: action of azide and fluoroacetate. (1950) (14)
Computers and education (1965) (14)
THE EFFECT OF THYROID FEEDING ON TISSUE RESPIRATION (1932) (13)
An analysis of some correlates of steady potentials in mammalian cerebral cortex. (1962) (13)
Distribution and fate of cadmium in the animal body. (1950) (13)
Effects of the medullary hormones on the somatic nervous system in the cat. (1955) (13)
Studies on the physiology of secretin. 5. The effects on the respiration of the excised pancreas. (1932) (12)
NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY AND EQUILIBRATION (1933) (12)
METAL CATALYSTS IN BIOLOGIC OXIDATIONS I. THE SIMPLE SYSTEM: THIOGLYCOLIC ACID, BUFFER, METAL, DITHIOL (1936) (12)
DELAYED ACTION POTENTIALS IN NERVE (1930) (12)
"FATIGUE" OF THE FLEXION REFLEX (1928) (12)
The two phases of heat production of nerve (1927) (11)
A microelectrode method in the diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix and endometrium. (1955) (11)
METABOLISM AND EXCITATION (1936) (11)
NERVE METABOLISM AND FUNCTION: A CRITIQUE OF THE ROLE OF ACETYLCHOLINE (1946) (11)
Hierarchy entitation and levels (1969) (10)
A HIGH SPEED CRYSTAL INK WRITER. (1936) (10)
A new group of cytochrome oxidase inhibitors. (1953) (10)
Iron induced oxidations in brain and other tissues (1941) (9)
EXTRAPOLATION FROM THE BIOLOGICAL TO THE SOCIAL. (1945) (9)
A Biological Basis for Ethics (1942) (9)
THE PHOSPHORUS METABOLISM OF INVERTEBRATE NERVE (1935) (9)
Information processing in the nervous system (1964) (9)
The nosology of schizophrenia. (1963) (8)
A NOTE ON THE RESPIRATION OF ARBACIA EGGS (1934) (8)
NERVE IMPULSE VELOCITY AND FIBER DIAMETER (1933) (8)
INTELLIGENCE, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION. (1965) (8)
THE ACTIVITY OF NERVE. (1927) (7)
Nerve conduction without increased oxygen consumption; the action of azide and fluoroacetate. (1950) (7)
Muscle and nerve; physiologic orientation. (1953) (7)
THE INHIBITION OF CATALYZED OXIDATIONS BY HEMINS (1944) (7)
Mirror to Physiology (1958) (7)
ANESTHETICS AND CELL METABOLISM (1947) (7)
A NOTE ON ACTION CURRENTS AND "EQUILIBRATION" IN THE CAT'S PERONEAL NERVE (1928) (6)
An Improved Capillary Microrespirometer (1941) (6)
The scope of science. (1947) (6)
Oxidative esterification of phosphate by neural tissue. (1952) (6)
Phosphate (P32) Exchange in Brain Phospholipids in vivo and in vitro.∗ † (1954) (6)
Quantification in Biology (1961) (6)
OXIDIZING ENZYMES IN BRAIN EXTRACTS (1937) (5)
Further Observations on the Oxygen Consumption of Nerve.∗ (1930) (5)
ANTON JULIUS CARLSON. (1944) (5)
Orthophenanthroline as accelerator of brain tissue oxygen consumption (1941) (5)
The Effect of Exercise on Mortality of Animals Poisoned with Diphosgene (1946) (5)
RNA in Learning and Memory. (1963) (5)
STUDIES ON NERVE METABOLISM: V. Phosphates (1929) (5)
THE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION OF NERVE DURING ACTIVITY. (1930) (5)
Studies on nerve metabolism: Carbohydrate metabolism of resting mammalian nerve. (5)
A Study of Educational Progress (1948) (5)
TRYPTOPHAN AND THYROID FUNCTION (1925) (5)
THE EFFECT OF PROLONGED ACTIVITY ON THE IRRITABILITY OF MEDULLATED NERVE (1930) (5)
A Hexokinase Inhibitor in Nerve.∗ (1951) (4)
To prevent another world war : truth detection (1961) (4)
Appendix II. Units and concepts of biology (1958) (4)
Problems of Consciousness. Transactions of the Fourth Conference, 1953 (1954) (4)
SYNCHRONY IN FLOCK WHEELING. (1943) (4)
Avitaminosis B1 and Pigeon Brain Potentials (1939) (4)
[Neural basis of memory]. (1961) (4)
Orientation: Analysis of Program. (1959) (3)
Methemoglobin and Methylene Blue as Cyanide Antagonists (1934) (3)
Creatine in Medullated Nerve (1930) (3)
Nerve Conduction After Inactivation of Choline Esterase.∗ (1947) (3)
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS—1974 (1974) (3)
Experiments in Microevolution (1954) (3)
Higher General Education in Biology (1956) (3)
Science, education and the contemporary world (1943) (2)
Computer-assisted learning: introduction and general considerations. (1969) (2)
METAL CATALYSTS IN BIOLOGIC OXIDATIONS II. TISSUE INHIBITORS (1936) (2)
Psychopharmacology : problems in evaluation : proceedings of a Conference on the Evaluation of Pharmacotherapy in Mental Illness sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Academy of Sciences--National Research Council, and the American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D. (1959) (2)
Report of the Committee on Teaching Problems in Physiology; perspectives in physiological education. (1947) (2)
Proceedings: Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 4–6, 1952: By-ways of Investigators: Thoughts on Becoming an Elder Statesman (1952) (2)
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN (1960) (2)
Ralph Stayner Lillie: 1875-1952. (1952) (2)
Studies on nerve metabolism: I. The influence of oxygen lack on heat production and action current. (2)
Physiological studies on infantrymen in combat. (1956) (2)
The anoxic recovery of asphyxiated nerve (1933) (2)
An experiment in education (1931) (1)
The supersensitivity of denervated structures (1950) (1)
Food for life (1952) (1)
THE RESPIRATION OF NEURONES (1942) (1)
The dynamics of inhibition. (1948) (1)
The Public and Physiology: Communication and Education (1958) (1)
NEEDHAM,. JOSEPH: Biochemistry and Morphogenesis. Cambridge, The University Press; New York, The Macmillan Company, 1942,785 pp. (1943) (1)
Organism, Society and Science. III (1940) (1)
Anxiety and tension: the thirty-third Hermann M. Biggs Memorial Lecture. (1958) (1)
An Adventure in Education (1930) (1)
Neural metabolism and function. (1949) (1)
Problems of Consciousness. Transactions of the Third Conference (1953) (1)
Absolute Values and Temperature Coefficients of Arbacia Egg Respiration.∗ (1933) (1)
The Ann Arbor Group (1960) (1)
The Role of Pure Science. (1938) (1)
Survey of Physiological Science. (1952) (1)
Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry (1968) (1)
Fate and Freedom: A Review and Rejoinder (1946) (1)
A National Science Foundation and the Scientific Worker. (1946) (0)
COMPUTERS AND UNIVERSITIES. (A WORKSHOP CONFERENCE PRESENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, NEWPORT BEACH, NOVEMBER 8-12, 1965.). (1967) (0)
4. National Support for Behavioral Science (1958) (0)
The Survey in Brief (1958) (0)
Extrapolation from the Biological to the Social (1945) (0)
SCIENCE AND THE PUBLIC (1947) (0)
Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrate Photoreceptors (1943) (0)
[Neural mechanism of behavior]. (1961) (0)
Meprobamate and other agents used in mental disturbances; concluding remarks. (1957) (0)
Computers and education : a workshop conference at University of California, Irvine (1967) (0)
Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry (1966) (0)
Achieve Better Employee Relations with Modern Personnel Practices (1960) (0)
The in Vitro Respiration of Nerve. (1933) (0)
Autonomic Regulations. Ernst Gellhorn (1944) (0)
INTERNATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY. (1963) (0)
THE CHICAGO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. (1941) (0)
EXPERIMENTS IN MICROEVOLUTION*: A Summary from the Physiological Viewpoint (1955) (0)
Activities, Employment and Income of Physiologists (1958) (0)
The future of biological education and research. (1948) (0)
"Build thee more stately mansions, o my soul". (1968) (0)
Visual Aids in Biology. (Book Reviews: General Biology; Laboratory Exercises in General Biology) (1948) (0)
MEDICAL CONDITIONS IN GREECE (1948) (0)
Interpretations and Recommendations (1958) (0)
Defining Physiology and Physiologists (1958) (0)
Book Review:Evolution of Nervous Control from Primitive Organisms to Man. Allan D. Bass (1959) (0)
Hospital credit unions. (1960) (0)
The Survey in Operation (1958) (0)
Eighteenth International Physiological Congress (1950) (0)
Research Facilities and Support (1958) (0)
Professional Communication: Publications and Societies (1958) (0)
Vivisection-ends and means. (1963) (0)
The Scientific Reserve (1949) (0)
CONCLUDING REMARKS (1957) (0)
Ultrastructure and Metabolism of the Nervous System, Volume 40. Research Publications, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease (1963) (0)
An instrument to measure muscle tonus in man. (1947) (0)
Illusion and truth in history (1949) (0)
Physiological basis of the electroencephalogram; discussion. (1955) (0)
Neurophysiological Basis for Behavior (1960) (0)
General neurophysiology. (1946) (0)
Book Reviews: Current Trends in Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences. (1956) (0)
The Minute Experiment and the Large Picture: A Lifelong Commitment (1980) (0)
Biological and Biochemical Bases of Behavior . Harry F. Harlow and Clinton N. Woolsey, Eds. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1958. xx + 476 pp. Illus. + plates. $8. (1959) (0)
News and Notices (1955) (0)
Letter from Ralph W. Gerard, American Physiological Society to Joshua Lederberg (1950) (0)
Book Review: Theories of the Mind (1963) (0)
Professional Training and Recruitment (1958) (0)
Occupational Motivations, Satisfactions, and Mobility (1958) (0)
Methods in medical research. Volume 3. (1950) (0)
CANNON, WALTER B.: The Way of an Investigator. New York, W. W. Norton & Co., 1945, 229 pp. $3.00. (1945) (0)
Book Review:Brain-Memory Learning. A Neurologist's View. W. Ritchie Russell (1959) (0)
The acetylcholine system in neural function. (1950) (0)
Origin and Objectives of the Survey (1958) (0)
Research Activities and Programs (1958) (0)
PEACE RESOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC WORKERS. (1940) (0)
Material aspects of mental disease. (1959) (0)
VI. Main Conference. (1959) (0)
The body functions : physiology (1941) (0)
Neural metabolism in relation to function. (1949) (0)
The task of the American Physiological Society. (1947) (0)
Science and the Federal Government (1948) (0)
Letter from Ralph W. Gerard to Joshua Lederberg (1968) (0)
The Biological Basis of Individuality. Leo Loeb (1947) (0)
Plant Physiology (1949) (0)

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