Jack studies how nerve cells, or neurons, communicate with one another in the nervous system. He is also interested in understanding how chemical and electrical signals move through neural networks, such as the spinal cord or cerebral cortex.[4] Although neurons form large networks, these cells do not actually touch each other. Instead, when the end of a nerve is activated it releases ions or chemicals known as neurotransmitters.[4] Subsequently, these move across the gap, or synapse, between the neuron and the adjacent cell in the network, activating its receptors and perpetuating the signal.[4] Jack applies theoretical and experimental approaches to research this process of synaptic transmission.[4] This includes the use of neurophysiology methods to record bioelectrical activity and mathematical models to analyse the central and peripheral nervous systems. His work on neurotransmission is offering insight into disorders of the nervous system, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis, and has the potential to improve their diagnosis.[4]
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julian, jack, james, julian, bennett, jack, born, march, 1936, zealand, physiologist, frsbornjames, julian, bennett, jack, 1936, march, 1936, invercargill, zealandeducationuniversity, otago, mmedsci, university, oxford, awardsrhodes, scholarshipscientific, car. James Julian Bennett Jack FRS 4 born 25 March 1936 is a New Zealand physiologist 5 Julian JackFRSBornJames Julian Bennett Jack 1936 03 25 25 March 1936 age 88 3 Invercargill New ZealandEducationUniversity of Otago MMedSci PhD University of Oxford BM MA AwardsRhodes ScholarshipScientific careerInstitutionsUniversity of OxfordThesisInhibition and excitation in the mammalian spinal cord 1960 Doctoral studentsMichael Hausser 1 Dimitri Kullmann 2 Contents 1 Education 2 Career and research 2 1 Awards and honours 3 ReferencesEducation editJack graduated from the University of Otago with a PhD in 1960 3 6 7 After his PhD Jack was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1960 from Magdalen College Oxford 8 where he was awarded Master of Arts and Bachelor of Medicine degrees in 1963 3 Career and research editJack studies how nerve cells or neurons communicate with one another in the nervous system He is also interested in understanding how chemical and electrical signals move through neural networks such as the spinal cord or cerebral cortex 4 Although neurons form large networks these cells do not actually touch each other Instead when the end of a nerve is activated it releases ions or chemicals known as neurotransmitters 4 Subsequently these move across the gap or synapse between the neuron and the adjacent cell in the network activating its receptors and perpetuating the signal 4 Jack applies theoretical and experimental approaches to research this process of synaptic transmission 4 This includes the use of neurophysiology methods to record bioelectrical activity and mathematical models to analyse the central and peripheral nervous systems His work on neurotransmission is offering insight into disorders of the nervous system such as Alzheimer s disease and multiple sclerosis and has the potential to improve their diagnosis 4 Jack was Lecturer and Reader at University Laboratory of Physiology at the University of Oxford 9 6 His former doctoral students include Michael Hausser 1 and Dimitri Kullmann 2 Awards and honours edit Jack was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society FRS in 1997 4 References edit a b Hausser Michael 1992 Intrinsic properties and sympatic inhibition of substantia nigra neurones DPhil thesis University of Oxford OCLC 62252234 EThOS uk bl ethos 306691 Archived from the original on 16 December 2019 Retrieved 6 June 2018 a b Kullman Dimitri Michael 1984 Central actions of muscle receptors bodleian ox ac uk DPhil thesis University of Oxford OCLC 59330270 EThOS uk bl ethos 353099 Archived from the original on 16 December 2019 Retrieved 6 June 2018 a b c Anon 2015 Jack Prof James Julian Bennett Who s Who online Oxford University Press ed A amp C Black doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 21612 Subscription or UK public library membership required a b c d e f g Anon 1997 Professor Julian Jack FMedSci FRS royalsociety org London Royal Society Archived from the original on 17 November 2015 One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety org website where All text published under the heading Biography on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4 0 International License Royal Society Terms conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine archived 2016 11 11 The International Who s Who 2004 Europa Publication ISBN missing a b Jack Julian 1960 Inhibition and excitation in the mammalian spinal cord PhD thesis University of Otago OCLC 429667593 Your Otago Member Login University of Otago www alumni otago ac nz NZ Rhodes Scholars 1903 1993 reocities com Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Electric current flow in excitable cells James Julian Bennett Jack Denis Noble Richard W Tsien Clarendon Press 1975 ISBN 978 0 19 857365 4 nbsp This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4 0 license nbsp nbsp This article about a New Zealand biologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Julian Jack amp oldid 1214959094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
