| Vladimir Aleksandrovich Govyrin Владимир Александрович Говырин | |
| Birth Date: | 22 February 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Balashov, USSR |
| Death Place: | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Nationality: | Soviet, Russian |
| Field: | Physiologist |
| Work Institution: | I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (1956—1981), I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology (1981—1994) |
| Alma Mater: | Military Veterinary Academy of the Red Army |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Leon Orbeli |
| Known For: | Autonomic nervous system physiology research |
| Prizes: | Order of Lenin, Order of October Revolution, Order of the Red Banner of Labour(2), Medal for Combat Service |
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Govyrin (Russian: Владѝмир Алекса̀ндрович Говы̀рин, 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.[1] [2]