1791
- Published
- 1791
- In the library
- Described, not held
- Rights
- Public domain; no clean scan resolved yet.
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- Open Library
- Why it is here
- Proposed by the nightly run and confirmed in a catalogue
Silver and Nelson cite Galvani (1791) as the origin of "animal electricity". They describe him electrically stimulating muscle contraction in an amputated frog leg, an early experimental demonstration that electricity can carry biological information. They say the idea met initial skepticism but eventually shaped understanding of how brain and body connect. O'Hara-Wright and colleagues list it first among early work on bioelectricity in vivo, linked to regeneration, and use that history to argue electrical cues are neglected in stem-cell differentiation.
The idea that electricity could contain biological information was first demonstrated experimentally in the late 1700s, when Luigi Galvani electrically stimulated muscle contraction in an amputated frog leg
Silver BB, Nelson CM, 2018 · The Bioelectric Code: Reprogramming Cancer and Aging From the… · open at passage 4
Although initially met with skepticism, the idea of “animal electricity” (Galvani, 1791) eventually led to our current understanding of how the brain and body are connected.
Silver BB, Nelson CM, 2018 · The Bioelectric Code: Reprogramming Cancer and Aging From the… · open at passage 4
The role of bioelectricity in vivo was first elucidated in the 1800s, with studies on regeneration (Galvani, 1791; Bois-Reymond, 1884; Becker, 1961; Becker and Spadaro, 1972; Borgens et al., 1977; 1979a).
O'Hara-Wright M, Mobini S, Gonzalez-Cordero A, 2022 · Bioelectric Potential in Next-Generation Organoids: Electrical… · open at passage 4