Ivan Pavlov was born in a small village in central Russia. His family hoped that he would become a priest, and he went to a theological seminary. After reading Charles Darwin, he found that he cared ...

THE new edition of “Recent Advances in Physiology” well maintains the high standard set in its three predecessors. The whole book has been carefully revised, and two chapters are entirely new. These ...

In 1904, Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital ...

New research published in The Journal of Physiology suggests that a cause of whiplash injuries could be startle reflexes elicited by unexpected loud sounds. New research published in The Journal of ...