Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932
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Sir Charles Scott Sherrington
Prize share: 1/2
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Edgar Douglas Adrian
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932 was awarded jointly to Sir Charles Scott Sherrington and Edgar Douglas Adrian "for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons"
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