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Cortex Historic Drawing by Cajal

Cajal's historic drawing of histologically stained human cortex sections. Surface of the cortex at the top of image.


  • Left - adult human visual cortex. (Nissl-stain)
  • Middle - adult human motor cortex (Nissl-stain)
  • Right: - infant human (1½ month) (Golgi-stain)


Histology Stains

  • Nissl stain - shows the cell bodies of neurons
  • Golgi stain - shows the dendrites and axons of a random subset of neurons. Developed by Camillo Golgi ((1843 – 1926)


Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852 – 1934) was a Spanish histologist and neuroscientist. He also won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1906).

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current07:42, 15 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 07:42, 15 December 2010800 × 925 (154 KB)S8600021 (talk | contribs)==Cortex Historic Drawing by Cajal== Cajal's historic drawing of histologically stained human cortex sections. Surface of the cortex at the top of image. * Left - adult human visual cortex. (Nissl-stain) * Middle - adult human motor cortex (Nissl-stai