Hans Diedrich Henatsch
Encyclopedia
Prof. Hans Diedrich Henatsch served as the Head of the Department of Neurophysiology of the Medical School of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen from the early sixties to the mid nineties.
He was a long-standing friend and colleague of Ragnar Granit
and John Eccles
. He became known in the sixties for recordings from spinal cord cells in anesthetized cats and his research in spinal cord physiology and spasticity.
On June 5 (Henatsch's birthday) 1997, after his death, Prof. Diethelm Richter (Henatsch's successsor) organized a little memorial in the institute, on which occasion Eike Schomburg gave the laudatio.
He was a long-standing friend and colleague of Ragnar Granit
Ragnar Granit
Ragnar Arthur Granit was a Finnish/Swedish scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967 along with Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald....
and John Eccles
John Eccles
John Eccles was an English composer.Born in London, eldest son of professional musician Solomon Eccles, John Eccles was appointed to the King's Private Musick in 1694, and in 1700 became Master of the King's Musick...
. He became known in the sixties for recordings from spinal cord cells in anesthetized cats and his research in spinal cord physiology and spasticity.
On June 5 (Henatsch's birthday) 1997, after his death, Prof. Diethelm Richter (Henatsch's successsor) organized a little memorial in the institute, on which occasion Eike Schomburg gave the laudatio.
Infulential Publications
- Granit, R. and Henatsch, H. D. (1956). "Gamma control of dynamic properties of muscle spindles", J. Neurophysiol. 19, 356-366.
- Granit, R., Henatsch, H.-D. and Steg, G. (1956), Tonic and Phasic Ventral Horn Cells Differentiated by Post-Tetanic Potentiation in Cat Extensors. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, 37: 114–126. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1956.tb01347.x
- Henatsch, H. -D. and Ingvar, D. H. (1956). Chlorpromazin und Spastizität. European Archives of Psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 195:77-93, DOI: 10.1007/BF00342008