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==People==
==People==
===Luigi Rolando===
Luigi Rolando (1773 – 1831)
PMID 17345033
http://neuroportraits.eu/portrait/luigi-rolando
http://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/jns.1995.83.5.0933


===Robert Remak===
===Robert Remak===
Robert Remak (1815 - 1865) Polish-German embryologist, physiologist, and neurologist.
Robert Remak (1815 - 1865) Polish-German embryologist, physiologist, and neurologist.


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===Joseph von Gerlach===
===Joseph von Gerlach===


Joseph von Gerlach (April 3, 1820 – December 17, 1896) was a German professor of anatomy at the University of Erlangen. He was a native of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Gerlach was a pioneer of histological staining and anatomical micrography. In 1858 Gerlach introduced carmine mixed with gelatin as an histological stain.   
Joseph von Gerlach (1820 – 1896) was a German professor of anatomy at the University of Erlangen. He was a native of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Gerlach was a pioneer of histological staining and anatomical micrography. In 1858 Gerlach introduced carmine mixed with gelatin as an histological stain.   
* "Gerlach's valve" (valvula processus vermiformis) is named after him. This anatomical structure is a fold of membrane located at the opening of the vermiform appendix.  
* "Gerlach's valve" (valvula processus vermiformis) is named after him. This anatomical structure is a fold of membrane located at the opening of the vermiform appendix.  
* He was a major proponent of the theory that the brain's nervous system consisted of processes of contiguous cells fused to create a massive meshed network.
* He was a major proponent of the theory that the brain's nervous system consisted of processes of contiguous cells fused to create a massive meshed network.


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People

Luigi Rolando

Luigi Rolando (1773 – 1831)

PMID 17345033

http://neuroportraits.eu/portrait/luigi-rolando

http://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/jns.1995.83.5.0933

Robert Remak

Robert Remak (1815 - 1865) Polish-German embryologist, physiologist, and neurologist.

  • discovered and named in 1842 the three germ layers of the early embryo (ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm).
  • discovered the nonmedullated nerve fibres in 1838, and in 1844 the nerve cells of the heart, called Remak's ganglia.


Joseph von Gerlach

Joseph von Gerlach (1820 – 1896) was a German professor of anatomy at the University of Erlangen. He was a native of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Gerlach was a pioneer of histological staining and anatomical micrography. In 1858 Gerlach introduced carmine mixed with gelatin as an histological stain.

  • "Gerlach's valve" (valvula processus vermiformis) is named after him. This anatomical structure is a fold of membrane located at the opening of the vermiform appendix.
  • He was a major proponent of the theory that the brain's nervous system consisted of processes of contiguous cells fused to create a massive meshed network.

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