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[Santiago Ramon y Cajal and neurobiology]

J Lindsten1

  • 1Institutionen för molekylär medicin, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.

Svensk Medicinhistorisk Tidskrift
|February 1, 2002
PubMed
Summary

This essay celebrates Santiago Ramón y Cajal, a 1906 Nobel laureate and founder of modern neuroscience. It explores his life, methods, and foundational contributions to neurobiology.

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