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PhD Physiology University of Helsinki

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According to Wikipedia, Ragnar Arthur Granit was a Finnish-Swedish scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967 along with Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald "for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye".

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Receptors and Sensory Perception (1955) (708)
The basis of motor control (1970) (515)
The components of the retinal action potential in mammals and their relation to the discharge in the optic nerve (1933) (510)
Excitatory and inhibitory processes acting upon individual Purkinje cells of the cerebellum in cats (1956) (477)
Supraspinal control of the muscle spindles and its significance (1953) (446)
Influence of stimulation of central nervous structures on muscle spindles in cat. (1953) (384)
Quantitative aspects of repetitive firing of mammalian motoneurones, caused by injected currents (1963) (289)
FIBRE INTERACTION IN INJURED OR COMPRESSED REGION OF NERVE (1944) (236)
Centrifugal and antidromic effects on ganglion cells of retina. (1955) (228)
Tonic and phasic ventral horn cells differentiated by post-tetanic potentiation in cat extensors. (1956) (198)
Differentiation of tonic from phasic alpha ventral horn cells by stretch, pinna and crossed extensor reflexes. (1957) (181)
Delayed depolarization and the repetitive response to intracellular stimulation of mammalian motoneurones (1963) (178)
The two routes for excitation of muscle and their subservience to the cerebellum (1955) (161)
Reflex self-regulation of muscle contraction and autogenetic inhibition. (1950) (159)
Algebraical summation in synaptic activation of motoneurones firing within the ‘primary range’ to injected currents (1966) (154)
Activation of muscle spindles by succinylcholine and decamethonium, the effects of curare. (1953) (143)
The behaviour of tonic α and β motoneurones during stimulation of recurrent collaterals (1957) (142)
The electrical responses of light‐ and dark‐adapted frogs' eyes to rhythmic and continuous stimuli (1934) (133)
Relations of reflexes and intended movements. (1976) (133)
COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL RETINA (1930) (132)
Surplus excitation in reflex action of motoneurones as measured by recurrent inhibition (1960) (114)
Neuromuscular interaction in postural tone of the cat's isometric soleus muscle (1958) (113)
Gamma control of dynamic properties of muscle spindles. (1956) (110)
Synaptic stimulation superimposed on motoneurones firing in the ‘secondary range’ to injected current (1966) (105)
Muscular Afferents and Motor Control (1966) (101)
The Purposive Brain (1977) (99)
The functional role of the muscle spindles--facts and hypotheses. (1975) (98)
Constant errors in the execution and appreciation of movement. (1972) (97)
Recurrent inhibition in relation to frequency of firing and limitation of discharge rate of extensor motoneurones (1960) (90)
Sensory mechanisms of the retina : with an appendix on electroretinography (1947) (85)
Activation of muscle spindles in pinna reflex. (1953) (79)
Mechanics of the Mind (1977) (78)
The relation between concentration of visual purple and retinal sensitivity to light during dark adaptation (1939) (76)
Facilitation, inhibition and depression at the ‘artificial synapse’ formed by the cut end of a mammalian nerve (1945) (76)
The early discharge of mammalian muscle spindles at onset of contraction (1959) (75)
The electrical responses of dark‐adapted frogs' eyes to monochromatic stimuli (1937) (73)
COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL RETINA: II. Synaptic Reactions in the Eye (1930) (73)
Reflex rebound by post‐tetanic potentiation. Temporal summation—spasticity (1956) (71)
Excitation and inhibition in the retina and in the optic nerve (1935) (71)
Colour Receptors of the Frog's Retina (1942) (67)
Phase of suppression following each retinal b-wave in flicker. (1960) (64)
Net depolarization and discharge rate of motoneurones, as measured by recurrent inhibition (1961) (62)
On the regeneration of visual purple (1939) (61)
Fast supraspinal control of mammalian muscle spindles: extra‐ and intrafusal co‐activation (1959) (61)
The Spectral Properties of the Visual Receptors of the Cat (1943) (61)
Two pathways from brain stem to gamma ventral horn cells. (1955) (57)
Autogenetic modulation of excitability of single ventral horn cells. (1951) (57)
Intracellular autogenetic effects of muscular contraction on extensor motoneurones. The silent period (1966) (56)
Intracellular aspects of stimulating motoneurones by muscle stretch (1964) (56)
The organization of the vertebrate retinal elements (1950) (53)
‘Adjacent’ and ‘remote’ post‐synaptic inhibition in motoneurones stimulated by muscle stretch (1964) (53)
Prolonged changes in the discharge of mammalian muscle spindles following tendon taps or muscle twitches. (1959) (52)
COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL RETINA: VI. Inhibition, Summation, and Synchronization of Impulses in the Retina (1931) (52)
Isolation of Colour‐Sensitive Elements in a Mammalian Retina (1941) (52)
CHANGES IN RETINAL EXCITABILITY DUE TO POLARIZATION AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELATION BETWEEN THE PROCESSES IN RETINA AND NERVE (1939) (49)
Charles Scott Sherrington : an appraisal (1966) (48)
COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL RETINA: I. On Interaction between Distant Areas in the Human Eye (1930) (47)
The pause during contraction in the discharge of the spindle afferents from primary end organs in cat extensor muscles. (1962) (47)
NERVE AS MODEL TEMPERATURE END ORGAN (1946) (46)
Stimulus intensity in relation to excitation and pre‐ and post‐excitatory inhibition in isolated elements of mammalian retinae (1944) (46)
THE COLOUR RECEPTORS OF THE MAMMALIAN RETINA (1945) (44)
Two types of retinæ and their electrical responses to intermittent stimuli in light and dark adaptation (1935) (44)
On the mode of action of visual purple on the rod cell (1938) (42)
The Photopic Spectrum of the Pigeon (1942) (41)
The control of movement and posture. (1973) (38)
The neurophysiology of the retina : in the light of chemical methods of modifying its excitability (1938) (37)
Effects on purkinje cells of surface stimulation of the cerebellum (1957) (36)
The behaviour of mammalian motoneurones during long‐lasting orthodromic, antidromic and trans‐membrane stimulation (1963) (36)
A Relation between Rod and Cone Substances, Based on Scotopic and Photopic Spectra of Cyprinus, Tinca, Anguilla and Testudo (1941) (36)
A note on the retinal action potential of the human eye (1933) (35)
Observations on the retinal action potential with especial reference to the response to intermittent stimulation (1933) (35)
Rotation of Activity and Spontaneous Rhythms in the Retina (1941) (34)
THE EFFECTS OF EXTENSOR MUSCLE SPINDLES AND TENDON ORGANS ON HOMONYMOUS MOTONEURONES IN RELATION TO GAMMA-BIAS AND CURARIZATION. (1964) (33)
COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL RETINA: IV. Temporal Summation of Subliminal Visual Stimuli and the Time Course of the Excitatory After-Effect (1931) (32)
COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL RETINA: V. The Sensation-Time Curve and the Time Course of the Fusion Frequency of Intermittent Stimulation (1931) (32)
Mechanisms regulating the discharge of motoneurons (1972) (32)
The discharge to maintained stretch of spindles in slow and fast muscles of rabbit. (1959) (31)
Reflexes to stretch and contraction of antagonists around ankle joint. (1952) (31)
THE BREAKDOWN OF ACCOMMODATIONNERVE AS MODEL SENSE-ORGAN (1942) (30)
Spectral Properties of the Visual Receptor Elements of the Guinea Pig (1942) (29)
A Physiological Theory of Colour Perception (1943) (28)
The Functional Role of the Muscle Spindle's Primary end Organs (1968) (28)
Receptors and sensory perception : a discussion of aims, means, and results of electrophysiological research into the process of reception (1955) (27)
Electromyographic and monosynaptic definition of reflex excitability during muscle stretch. (1952) (27)
THE EFFECTS OF FLEXOR MUSCLE SPINDLES AND TENDON ORGANS ON HOMONYMOUS MOTONEURONES IN RELATION TO GAMMA-BIAS AND CURARIZATION. (1964) (27)
Neural organization of the retinal elements as revealed by polarization. (1948) (26)
Rods, cones and the localization of pre‐excitatory inhibition in the mammalian retina (1948) (26)
The development of retinal neurophysiology. (1968) (24)
ON INHIBITION IN THE AFTER‐EFFECT OF SEEN MOVEMENT (1928) (23)
The gamma (γ) loop in the mediation of muscle tone (1964) (23)
The Dark‐Adaptation of Mammalian Visual Receptors. (1944) (22)
The behaviour of tonic alpha and gamma motoneurones during stimulation of recurrent collaterals. (1957) (21)
Single fibre analysis of inhibition and the polarity of the retinal elements. (1947) (21)
Interpretation of supraspinal effects on the gamma system. (1979) (21)
Crossed extensor reflexes and their interaction (1929) (20)
Scotopic dominator and state of visual purple in the retina. (1949) (20)
THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE ARTIFICIAL SYNAPSE FORMED BY THE CUT END OF THE MAMMALIAN NERVE (1945) (20)
The mammalian colour modulators. (1948) (19)
Recurrent Inhibition as a Mechanism of Control (1963) (19)
Heat- and cold-sensitive mammalian nerve fibres; some somatic reflexes to thermostimulation. (1947) (18)
The distribution of excitation and inhibition in single‐fibre responses from a polarized retina (1946) (18)
Foundations of Sensory Science (1984) (17)
Aspects of excitation and inhibition in the retina (1952) (16)
“Red” and “Green” Receptors in the Retina of Tropidonotus (1943) (14)
ACCOMMODATION AND AUTORHYTHMIC MECHANISM IN SINGLE SENSORY FIBRES (1943) (14)
The basis of motor control : integrating the activity of muscles, alpha and gamma motoneurons and their leading control systems (1970) (14)
Conduction velocities in rabbit's optic nerve and some observations on antidromic retinal spikes. (1958) (14)
Two types of retinae and their electrical responses to intermittent stimuli in light and dark adaptation. (13)
The electrophysiological analysis of the fundamental problem of colour reception (1945) (13)
On the latency of negative after‐images following stimulation of different areas of the retina (1928) (13)
Phasic stretch and 'spindle constant' in slow and fast rabbit muscle. (1959) (13)
Autogenetic inhibition. (1950) (12)
A scotopic ‘blue shift’ obtained by electrical measurements of flicker resonance (1953) (12)
THE RETINAL MECHANISM OF COLOR RECEPTION (1941) (12)
Discovery and understanding. (1972) (12)
The Effect of Two Wave-Lengths of Light upon the Same Retinal Element (1949) (11)
MAINTAINED FIRING OF MOTONEURONES DURING TRANSMEMBRANE STIMULATION. (1964) (11)
Excitation and inhibition in the off‐effect of the retina (1937) (10)
In Defense of Teleology (1972) (10)
III. - The antagonism between the on and off systems in the cat's retina (1949) (10)
Absorption Curve for Visual Purple and the Electrical Response of the Frog's Eye (1937) (9)
Charles Scott Sherrington (1966) (9)
Self-Regulation of the Muscle Contraction by Facilitation and Inhibition from its Proprioceptors (1949) (9)
Looking back after 50 years (1988) (8)
Demand and Accomplishment in Voluntary Movement (1973) (8)
The electrical responses of light‐adapted frogs' eyes to monochromatic stimuli (1937) (8)
The distribution of excitation and inhibition in single-fibre responses from a polarized retina. (1946) (8)
Proprioceptive control of muscular contraction and the cerebellum. (1954) (8)
THE RETINA AS A NERVOUS CENTER (1931) (8)
THE OFF/ON-RATIO OF THE ISOLATED ON-OFF-ELEMENTS IN THE MAMMALIAN EYE (1948) (8)
THE PROBABLE ROLE OF MUSCLE SPINDLES AND TENDON ORGANS IN EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL (1971) (8)
Two types of inhibition of cerebellar Purkinje cells. (1956) (7)
Observations of clonus in the cat's soleus muscle. (1959) (7)
Physiological basis of flicker electroretinography as applied in clinical work. (1958) (7)
Reflex control of posture and movement. Proceedings of an IBRO Symposium held in Pisa, Italy, on September 11-14, 1978. (1979) (6)
Observations on intact', de-afferented and de-efferented muscle spindles. (1953) (6)
Interactions between Pavlov and Sherrington (1982) (6)
Selective Effects of Different Adapting Wave-Lengths on the Dark Adapted Frog's Retina1 (1938) (6)
The case for ‘relevance’ in sensorimotor physiology (1978) (5)
The significance of antidromic potentiation and induced activity in the retina. (1978) (5)
Mode of Action of Visual Purple (1938) (4)
Isolation of the Mammalian Colour Receptors with Micro-Electrodes (1945) (4)
STIMULUS FREQUENCY AS A MEANS OF ANALYZING SYNAPTIC ACTIVITY (1942) (4)
Stretch reflexes before and after de-efferentation. (1953) (4)
ON THE LATENCY OF NEGATIVE AFTER IMAGES IN RELATION TO BRIGHTNESS OF STIMULUS (1930) (4)
The action of succinylcholine and curare on the muscle spindles. (1953) (4)
The grand theme of Stephen Polyak. (1955) (4)
The effect of illumination upon the sensitivity of isolated retinal elements to polarization. (1949) (4)
Visual Cells of the Guinea Pig (1947) (3)
Opening Lecture Some Comments on “tone” (1979) (3)
A Personal Vision (1984) (3)
Sensory Mechanisms in Perception (1965) (3)
Muscular afferents and motor control : proceedings of the first Nobel Symposium held in June 1965 at Södergarn on the island of Lidingö in the county of stockholm (1966) (3)
Physiology of vision. (1950) (3)
The Concept ‘Receptive Field’ (1974) (2)
Sir Charles Sherrington, O.M., G.B.E., F.R.S. (1952) (2)
Symposium on reflex control of posture and movement. Opening lecture: Some comments on "Tone". (1979) (2)
Reflections on Motricity (1980) (2)
[Principles of spindle control]. (1970) (1)
NERVE FIBRE INTERACTION IN THE ROOTS (1947) (1)
[Combined effect of various controlling circuits on tone regulation]. (1959) (1)
Opening Lecture Muscle Sense, Proprioception and the Control of Movement (1973) (1)
The critical flicker frequency series effect. by K.A´kos and M.A´kos, Akade´miai Kiado´(Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Budapest, 1966, 245 pp., 27 Figs., 46 Plates, Price: $ 7.50 (1966) (1)
Geothermal energy in California: Status report (1976) (1)
Haldan Keffer Hartline, 22 December 1903 - 18 March 1983 (1985) (1)
Inhibition and the Polarity of the Retinal Elements (1947) (1)
[Interactions of neuromuscular processes in the isometric tonus of posture]. (1959) (1)
Comments on time in action and perception. (1985) (1)
Retinal Structure and Colour Vision (1947) (1)
Corticospinal control of movement (1978) (1)
[Muscle tone and the gamma loop]. (1967) (1)
Bibliography of Scientific Publications of Prof. Dr. H. J. M. Weve (1958) (1)
[Motor control with special reference to tonus & spasticity]. (1957) (1)
Charles Scott Sherrington, A Biography of the Neurophysiologist (1967) (1)
Multiple roles of muscular afferents (1982) (1)
[The emissive activity of motoneurons]. (1968) (0)
The electrical response to intermittent illumination (flicker); its possible use in ophthalmology. (1958) (0)
Descending effects of the reticular system with special reference to the gamma fibers. (1956) (0)
The Retinal Centre as an Amplifier of Potential Differences (1937) (0)
Interpretation of the Central Excitatory and Inhibitory States (1965) (0)
[Activation of muscular spindles from motor cortex in cat]. (1955) (0)
[Purkynĕ's shift]. (1970) (0)
Book Review:Muscle Receptors and Movement. Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Sherrington School of Physiology, St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London, on July 8th and 9th, 1980. A. Taylor, A. Prochazka (1982) (0)
Comments on the role of psychophysics today. (1984) (0)
Half a Century in the Neurosciences: Personal Comments on Choices and Decisions (1992) (0)
Visual Purple (1943) (0)
[Possibilities and limitations of electroretinography]. (1957) (0)
Breaking down open doors (1978) (0)
[QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF THE NEUTRALIZATION OF EXCITATION BY RECURRENT INHIBITION]. (1964) (0)
[On the effect of strychnine on the stretch reflex]. (1961) (0)
Obituary. Corneille Heymans. (1969) (0)
VORWORT (1936) (0)
Henricus Jacobus Maria Weve (1958) (0)
I: STATE OF ADAPTATION AND “FLICKER” IN THE ELECTRICAL RESPONSES OF TWO TYPES OF RETINAE (1936) (0)
[The Nobel prize in physiology and medicine 1961 (George von BEKESY)]. (1961) (0)
Neurophysiology and the Intracellular Technique (1957) (0)
Speech made by Professor Hagedoorn to Professor R. Granit, when he was awarded the Donders Medal (1958) (0)
SOME REMARKS FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY (1982) (0)
Yngve Zotterman (1898–1982) (1982) (0)
[THE YEAR'S NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY (HODGKIN, HUXLEY ECCLES)]. (1963) (0)
Comments on Eye Movements (1989) (0)
Muscular tone. (1962) (0)

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