Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Santiago Ramón y Cajal | |
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Ramón y Cajal in 1899 | |
| Born | 1 May 1852 |
| Died | 17 October 1934 (aged 82) Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Education | University of Zaragoza |
| Known for | Fathering modern neuroscience Discovery of the neuron Cajal body, Cajal–Retzius cell, Interstitial cell of Cajal, Neuron doctrine, Growth cone, Dendritic spine, Long-term potentiation, Mossy fiber, Neurotrophic theory, Axo-axonic synapse, Pioneer axon, Pyramidal cell, Radial glial cell, Retinal ganglion cell, Trisynaptic circuit, Visual map theory |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1906) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Pathology Histology |
| Institutions | University of Valencia Complutense University of Madrid University of Barcelona |
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo raˈmon i kaˈxal]; 1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specializing in neuroanatomy, and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906. Ramón y Cajal was the first Spaniard to win a scientific Nobel Prize. His original investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain made him a pioneer of modern neuroscience.
Hundreds of his drawings illustrating the arborization (tree-like growth) of brain cells are still in use, since the mid-20th century, for educational and training purposes.