Ivane Beritashvili: Founder of Physiology and Neuroscience in Georgia

This paper is dedicated to one of the outstanding scientists of the twentieth century-Ivane Beritashvili. He was a Georgian physiologist who graduated from St. Petersburg University and worked under the supervision of N. Wedensky. He founded the Department of Physiology and the Institute of Physiolo...

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Published in:Journal of the history of the neurosciences 2007-07, Vol.16 (3), p.288-306
Main Author: Tsagareli, Merab G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animal behavior science
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Beritashvili
conditioned reflexes
Georgia (Republic)
higher brain functions
History of medicine
History, 20th Century
Humans
image-driven memory
neurophysiology
Neurophysiology - history
Neurosciences - history
psychoneural behavior
spatial orientation
spinal reflexes
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Summary:This paper is dedicated to one of the outstanding scientists of the twentieth century-Ivane Beritashvili. He was a Georgian physiologist who graduated from St. Petersburg University and worked under the supervision of N. Wedensky. He founded the Department of Physiology and the Institute of Physiology at the University of Tbilisi, Georgia. Among his numerous contributions was the discovery of the rhythmical course of reciprocal inhibition in spinal reflexes, the first demonstration of the excitatory and inhibitory reactions in the brain stem neuropil. But Beritashvili's most significant contribution was the discovery of the mediation of animal psychoneural behavior by image-driven memory.
ISSN:0964-704X
1744-5213
DOI:10.1080/09647040600600148