Sigmund Exner
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Sigmund Exner (also Sigmund Exner, Siegmund Exner-Ewarten, Siegmund Exner Ritter von Ewarten; 5 April 1846 – 5 February 1926) was an Austrian
physiologist
born in Vienna.
Academic career
He studied in
Athens
.
Physiological research
Sigmund Exner is known for his work in
color contrast, hue adaptation, apparent motion and on the sensitivity of retinal regeneration.[1][2]
He explained how the compound eye functions, and in 1891, published "Die Physiologie der facettierten Augen von Krebsen und Insekten", describing the compound eye physiology of insects and crustaceans. In 1899, Exner co-founded the Phonogrammarchiv in Vienna, an archive for recording acoustic phenomena for scientific purposes.
Family
He was the son of
urologist Anton von Frisch
(1849–1917).
Associated terms
- "Call-Exner bodies": Small spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material, usually associated with granulosa cell tumours. Named with American physician Emma Louise Call (1847–1937).[3]
- "Exner's area": A section of the brain just above Broca's area and anterior to the primary motor control area.
- "Exner's nerve": Nerve from the cricothyroid membrane.
- "Exner's plexus": A plexus of superficial tangential fibers in the molecular layer of the cerebral cortex.[4]
Written works
- Leitfaden bei der mikroskopischen Untersuchung thierischer Gewebe (A guide to microscopic examination of animal tissue), (1878)
- Untersuchungen über die Localisation der Functionen in der Grosshirnrinde des Menschen (Studies on the localization of functions in the cerebral cortex); with Conrad Eckhard (1881)
- Die Physiologie des Fliegens und Schwebens in den bildenden Künsten (The physiology of flying and hovering in the visual arts), Lecture held at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry, on 5 January 1882.
- Die Physiologie der facettirten Augen von Krebsen und Insecten (The physiology of the compound eye of crabs and insects); with Conrad Eckhard (1891)
- Entwurf zu einer physiologischen Erklärung der psychischen Erscheinungen von Dr. Sigmund Exner (Draft for a physiological explanation of mental phenomena by Dr. Sigmund Exner); with Conrad Eckhard (1894)
- Über das Schweben der Raubvögel (On hovering in ISBN 3-936755-75-2)
References
- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
- ISBN 978-1-4128-2826-0.
- S2CID 2388935.
- ^ [1] @ [[Al Aboud, K., & Al Aboud, D. M. (2014). Call-Exner bodies and the scientists behind them. South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 20(1), 35-36.]]
- Who Named It
External links
- Short biography, bibliography, and links on digitized sources in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
- Short presentation and introduction to his Entwurf zu einer physiologischen Erklärung der psychischen Erscheinungen von Dr. Sigmund Exner
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