Santiago Ramón y Cajal

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Author: Mr. Abdellatif Nemri, Department of biological sciences, University of Montreal, Canada

Mr. Abdellatif Nemri accepted the invitation on 12 November 2008 (self-imposed deadline: 12 January 2009).

Figure 1:  Santiago Ramón y Cajal - Self-portrait looking through a microscope. Copyright: public domain
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Figure 1: Santiago Ramón y Cajal - Self-portrait looking through a microscope. Copyright: public domain

This entry will briefly cover the life and scientific achievements of the Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal (May 1, 1852 – October 17, 1934) .

Suggestions are welcomed. 


  • Ramón y Cajal S (1989) Recollections of my life; translated by E. Horne Craigie, with the assistance of Juan Cano. Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press, 638 pp.

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See also

Neuron, Neuron doctrine, Camillo Golgi,

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