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Paper reference code: B40

Hodgkin is not entirely happy with the paper, however recommends publication in the Proceedings.

Written at Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge [England].

[Published in Proceedings B, 1953].

Endorsed on recto as received 23 January 1953.

Reference number
RR/78/58
Earliest possible date
22 October 1953
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

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Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Letter from Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, 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 D C Martin, 22 October 1953, RR/78/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_78_58/letter-from-alan-lloyd-hodgkin-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-d-c-martin, accessed on 13 February 2026

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