Luigi Luciani

ForMemRS Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

(23 November 1842, in

Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno (; ; ) is a (municipality) and capital of the province of Ascoli Piceno, in the Italy, Italian region of Marche. Geography The town lies at the confluence of the Tronto, River Tronto and the small Castellano (river), River Castell ...

– 23 June 1919) was an Italian

neuroscientist A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist specializing in neuroscience that deals with the anatomy and function of neurons, Biological neural network, neural circuits, and glia, and their Behavior, behavioral, biological, and psycholo ...

. He also contributed to

Karel Frederik Wenckebach Karel Frederik Wenckebach (; March 24, 1864 – November 11, 1940) was a Dutch anatomist who was a native of the Hague. He studied medicine in Utrecht, and in 1901 become a professor of medicine at the University of Groningen. Later he was a pro ...

's work on what is now known as

second-degree atrioventricular block Second-degree atrioventricular block (AV block) is a disease of the electrical conduction system of the heart. It is a conduction block between the atria and ventricles. The presence of second-degree AV block is diagnosed when one or more (but ...

of the heart in which Wenckebach described the periodicity of this block as "Luciani periodicity."

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*http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1853 *http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/101/22/2662.full *http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2702.html Italian neuroscientists 1842 births 1919 deaths Foreign members of the Royal Society People from Ascoli Piceno {{Neuroscientist-stub