Sherrington, Sir Charles Scott


Sherrington,

Sir Charles Scott, English physiologist and Nobel laureate, 1857-1952. Liddell-Sherrington reflex - see under LiddellSchiff-Sherrington phenomenon - see under Schiff, MoritzSherrington law - every dorsal spinal nerve root supplies a particular area of the skin.Sherrington phenomenon - after the muscles of the leg have been deprived of their motor innervation, stimulation of the sciatic nerve causes slow contraction of the muscles.