Wilhelm Krause

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Krause (12 July 1833 – 4 February 1910) was a German anatomist born in Hanover. He was the son of anatomist Karl Friedrich Theodor Krause (1797-1868).

Krause studied at Göttingen, where he became member of the Burschenschaft Hannovera (fraternity).^{[citation needed]} He earned his medical doctorate in 1854 and became an associate professor at the University of Göttingenin 1860. In 1892 he was appointed head of the Anatomical Institute Laboratory in Berlin.^{[citation needed]}

Krause discovered and described mechanoreceptors that were to become known as "Krause's corpuscles", sometimes referred to as "Krause's end-bulbs".^{[citation needed]} His name is also associated with:

• "Krause's membranes": defined as isotropic bands in striated muscle fiber that consist of disks of sarcoplasm and connect the individual fibrils. Also known as Z-Disc or Dobie's line.
• "Krause respiratory bundle": a fiber bundle that is also known as the "solitary tract".^[1] Sometimes referred to as "Gierke respiratory bundle", named in honor of anatomist Hans Paul Bernhard Gierke.^[2]

Krause also researched in the field of embryology. Among his students at Göttingen was bacteriologist Robert Koch (1843-1910).^{[citation needed]} Krause is credited with the publication of over 100 medical articles.