| Dr. Ivane Beritashvili
(Beritoff), the founder of the national school of physiology and neuroscience
in Georgia. Among his many contributions, is discovery in the frog the
reciprocal inervation of skeletal muscles (1910-1914). He first realized
exciting and inhibiting reactions of the brainstem neuropile (reticular
formation) (1937). His most significant contribution was the discovery
of the mediation of animal psychoneural behavior by image-driven memory
(1966-1974). In 1958-60, together with Herbert Jasper, Henri Gastaut,
Alfred Fessard and Vladimir Rusinov, he was one of the founders of IBRO. Any inquiry about the information and picture in this page should contact: Merab G. Tsagareli Secretary-General Georgian Neuroscience Association Director Beritashvili Institute of Physiology Gotua Street 14 0160 TBILISI Georgia Tel: 995-32 371231 Fax: 995-32 373411 tsagareli@biphysiol.ge |
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