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Paper reference code: B40

D C Martin asks Hodgkin to look over the revised version of this paper and suggest if it should be published in the Proceedings or Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

[Published in Proceedings B, 1953].

Date received not given.

Reference number
RR/78/57
Earliest possible date
16 January 1953
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

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Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Letter from D C Martin, on a paper 'Synaptic transmission. An analysis of the electrical activity of the lateral geniculate nucleus in the cat following optic nerve stimulation' by Peter Orlebar Bishop, to Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, 16 January 1953, RR/78/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_78_57/letter-from-d-c-martin-on-a-paper-synaptic-transmission-an-analysis-of-the-electrical-activity-of-the-lateral-geniculate-nucleus-in-the-cat-following-optic-nerve-stimulation-by-peter-orlebar-bishop-to-alan-lloyd-hodgkin, accessed on 08 February 2026

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