Corneille Jean François Heymans

Belgian physiologist and pharmacologist. After graduating from the University of Ghent (Gand) in 1920, he traveled around Europe and the United States, and became a professor of pharmacology at his alma mater in 1930. He recognized that there are chemical receptors in the carotid sinus and aorta that respond to changes in the partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood, and to changes in blood pressure, and reflexively regulate breathing. In 1938, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of carotid sinus and aortic reflexes. He has served in important international positions, including as president of the International Physiological Society and the International Pharmacological Society, a WHO pharmacology expert committee member, and has received many awards from governments, academic societies, and universities both in Japan and abroad.

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ベルギーの生理・薬理学者。1920年ヘント（ガン）大学卒業後、欧米各国に遊学し、1930年母校の薬理学教授となる。頸動脈(けいどうみゃく)洞および大動脈に化学受容体があり、血液中の酸素や炭酸ガス分圧の変化、血圧の変化に反応し、反射的に呼吸を調節することを認めた。1938年に、頸動脈洞および大動脈の反射の発見で、ノーベル医学生理学賞を受けた。国際生理学会、国際薬理学会の会長、WHO薬理学専門委員、その他の国際的要職につき、内外の政府、学会、大学から多くの賞を受けている。

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