Birdsey Renshaw
Birdsey Renshaw | |
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| Born | October 10, 1911 |
| Died | November 23, 1948 (aged 37) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard Medical School |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
Birdsey Renshaw (October 10, 1911 – November 23, 1948) was an American electrophysiologist and neuroscientist. He is known for his 1941 discovery of the eponymous Renshaw cells and the Renshaw inhibition (recurrent inhibition), which is a negative feedback mechanism associated with the Renshaw cell action.