The histological slides and drawings of Cajal
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Ramón y Cajal's studies in the field of neuroscience provoked a radical change in the course of its history. For this reason he is considered as the father of modern neuroscience. Some of his original preparations are housed at the Cajal Museum (Cajal Institute, CSIC, Madrid, Spain). In this article, we catalogue and analyse more than 4,500 of Cajal's histological preparations, the same preparations he used during his scientific career. Furthermore, we catalogued Cajal's original correspondence, both manuscripts and personal letters, drawings and plates. This is the first time anyone has compiled an account of Cajal's enormous scientific production, offering some curious insights into his work and his legacy.
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Layered neural networks described by Ramon y Cajal for insect and cephalopod visual systems show this resemblance.
“This resemblance is observed in layered neural networks described by Ramon y Cajal for insect and cephalopod visual systems [278,279].”
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- Authors
- Garcia-Lopez
- Venue
- Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 4
- Pages
- 9-9
- ISSN
- 1662-5129 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2845060
- OpenAlex
- W1989679442
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- FWCI
- 1.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- cc-by
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- Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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- Funders
- Strong
- Instituo Cajal
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurology and Historical Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › History of Science and Medicine
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Historical Studies in Science
- Keywords
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal, histological preparations, history of neuroscience, scientific legacy
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