Vladimir Govyrin
Introduction '''Vladimir Aleksandrovich Govyrin''' (, February 22, 1924, Balashov in Saratov Oblast, Soviet Union – February 5, 1994, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was Soviet and Russian physiologist, Academician of Academy of Sciences of USSR and Russian Academy of Sciences, who discovered regularity of the sympathetic innervation of the circulatory system of the vertebrates. He offered the concept of universal participation of vascular nerves in humoral transfer of the sympathetic influence on tissue. He also discovered the method of sympathetic nervous system influences the skeletal muscle. Govyrin found out that sympathetic influences to skeletal tissue are made by catecholamines, emitted by vascular nerves.
Biography *''1924'' was born in family of the teachers, Aleksandr Govyrin and Sarra Govyrina. *''1941'' joined the Physics and Mathematics Department of Balashov Teaching Institute. *''1942'' called up for service in the Army and sent to study in the Military Veterinary Academy of the Red Army. *''1946'' graduated from the Veterinary Academy, received an honours degree and continued his service as a border guard in Suoyarvi. *''1953'' having the rank of Major of veterinary service, he became the Candidate of Sciences in Biology. *''1957'' retired from the military service and joined Academician Leon Orbeli in his new I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (IEPHB). *''1961'' founded his own laboratory, which research goal was the adaptation-trophic function of the nervous system. *''1968'' got the academic degree of the Doctor of Sciences in Biology. *''1975'' became the Director of Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry. *''1976'' joined Academy of Sciences of the USSR as the Сorresponding Member. *''1981'' quit IEPHB and became the Director of I. M. Pavlov Institute of Physiology. *''1984'' became Academician of Academy of Sciences of the USSR. *''1993'' founded the I. M. Pavlov International Scientific Center. *''1994'' died at the age of 69.
Honours and awards * Order of Lenin* Order of the October Revolution* Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice* Medal "For Battle Merit"
References
External links * Vladimir Govyrin profile on the Russian Academy of Science site* I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry* I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology* Incomplete list of Vladimir Govyrin's works