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  חץ ראשיspaceThe Brain / Research / Nobel Laureates / 1906  
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1906 - Camillo Golgi, Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Camillo Golgi   Santiago Ramon y Cajal

What does the nervous system look like?

The central nervous system consists of microscopic cells which at different places show a different appearance. The cells are armed with cellular processes, among which one was believed to give rise to the nerve fibre, while the other processes which ramified very quickly, were object of guesses rather than direct observation.

Since it was impossible to isolate the individual components of nerve tissue specimens, Golgi's method of silver impregnation, by which a single nerve cell with its processes could be distinguished as an entity, is considered as a fundamental discovery in the field of nerve anatomy. Using this method, he demonstrated a number of essential points of the architecture of the central nervous system. First among other scientists relying on Golgi's staining method was Cajal, who's extraordinarily work revealed both fundamental factors of great importance and many essential details which contributed to the recent extensive development of the field of neuroanatomy.

 

 
 
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