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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. Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852 – 1934) was a Spanish histologist and neuroscientist. He also won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1906).
| Left | Middle | Right |
| adult human visual cortex | adult human motor cortex | infant human (1½ month) |
| Nissl-stain | Nissl-stain | 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)
Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 27) Embryology Neural- cortex Cajal drawing 01.jpg. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Neural-_cortex_Cajal_drawing_01.jpg
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