Haldan K. Hartline M.D.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1967
Nobel co-recipients Ragnar Granit, George Wald

Physician, Biophysicist. Physiological and chemical visual processes in eye.

"Vision itself is a dynamic process. There is little in the world that stands still, at least not as imaged in our retinas, for our eyes are always moving. The visual system is almost exclusively organized to detect change and motion."

Publications

Journal Articles, NCBI/PubMed

Hartline HK, Wagner HG, and Ratcliff F. Inhibition in the eye of Limulus. J Gen Physiol, 1956, 39: 651-673

Hartline HK and Ratliff F. Spatial summation of inhibitory influences in the eye of Limulus, and the mutual interaction of receptor units. J Gen Physiol, 1958, 41: 1049-1066

Ratliff F and Hartline HK. The responses of limulus optic nerve fibers to patterns of illumination on the receptor mosaic. J Gen Physiol, 1959, 42: 1241-1255

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