Walter Rudolf Hess was a Swiss physiologist who shared (with António Egas Moniz) the 1949 #NobelP…
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Walter Rudolf Hess was a Swiss physiologist who shared (with António Egas Moniz) the 1949 #NobelPrize for Physiology or Medicine for “for his discovery of the functional organization of the #interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs.” In 1948, Hess devised suitable techniques to implant electrodes in the brains of rats, from which he could locate areas of the #brain associated with certain #instincts. Through his research, he identified how particular areas of the brain (and especially the #hypothalamus) are involved with the functioning of the body's internal #organs, and areas associated with #autonomic functions such as sleep, hunger or #defense mechanisms.
