Comparative Study of the Sensory Areas of the Human Cortex
- 78 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a pioneering Spanish neuroscientist whose investigations into the microscopic structure of the brain laid the groundwork for modern neuroscience. His legendary artistic renderings of neural cells remain valuable for educational purposes today. Cajal experimentally demonstrated that nerve cells are not continuously connected but rather contiguous, providing crucial support for the neuron doctrine. He also discovered the interstitial cell of Cajal, a novel cell type vital to the function of the digestive system.







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