Mitchell Glickstein, University College London, London, UK
Published online: May 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002381
1852–1934 Spanish histologist whose work formed the basis of the neuron doctrine: the idea that the brain and spinal cord are made up of individual cells, called neurons, and their supporting cells and blood vessels.
Keywords: neuron doctrine; neurohistology; nervous system; Golgi stain; brain
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Figure 1. Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934). Reproduced from Polyak S (1958) The Vertebrate Visual System. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
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| Further Reading | |
| book Ramón y Cajal S (1972) The Structure of the Retina, translated by S Thorpe and Glickstein. Springfield: Thomas. | |
| book Ramón y Cajal S (1989) Recollections of my Life, translated by E Horne Craigie. Cambridge: MIT Press. | |
| book Ramón y Cajal S (1990) New Ideas on the Structure of the Nervous System in Man and Vertebrates, translated by N Swanson and LW Swanson. Cambridge: MIT Press. | |
| book Ramón y Cajal S (1991) Cajal's Degeneration and Regeneration of the Nervous System, translated by RM May. New York: Oxford University Press. | |
| book Ramón y Cajal S (1995) Histology of the Nervous System of Man and the Vertebrates, translated from the French by N Swanson and LW Swanson. New York: Oxford University Press. | |
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