Claude Bernar and the constancy of the internal environmet
- Author
- C. Gross
- Year
- 1998
- Type
- journal article
- Category
- Bibliografía citada
Charles Gross's article recounts the life and ideas of the French physiologist Claude Bernard, the founder of modern experimental physiology, focusing on his concept of the constancy of the internal environment, an idea that had little impact during Bernard's own lifetime, and considers why recognition of it was delayed.
Charles G. Gross's 1998 article in The Neuroscientist profiles Claude Bernard (1813-1878), the founder of modern experimental physiology and one of the most prominent French scientists of his era. Bernard is remembered today chiefly for his concept of the constancy of the internal environment, the idea that living organisms actively regulate their internal conditions independent of external changes, a concept that underlies the later idea of homeostasis. The article notes that this idea had little impact during Bernard's own lifetime and considers some of the possible reasons for the delay in its recognition and understanding.
Credits: Gross, C. (1998). Claude Bernar and the constancy of the internal environmet. The Neuroscientist, (4) 380–385. http://doi.org/10.1177/107385849800400520.
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