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Camillo Golgi (1843–1926) is one of the giants of 19th-century medicine, so it is curious that it has taken so long for an authoritative biography to be written. The passage of nearly 90 years since his death, however, has allowed the real nature of his achievement to stand, while the distance of time has also permitted the right biographer ...
Dec 12, 2020 · Camillo Golgi (1843–1926) was an Italian pathologist ( Fig. 1) whose contributions in the domain of neuroanatomy proved to be landmark events towards the emergence of neuroscience as a discipline [ 1 ].
- Sanjib Kumar Ghosh
- 10.5115/acb.20.196
- 2020
- Anat Cell Biol. 2020 Dec 31; 53(4): 385-392.
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Paolo Mazzarello's masterful Golgi: A Biography of the Founder of Modern Neuroscience is testimony to the value of such a project. Camillo Golgi (1843–1926) is one of the giants of 19th-century medicine, so it is curious that it has taken so long for an authoritative biography to be written.
- Ruth Richardson
- 2011
Feb 18, 2019 · Introduction. The contributions of Camillo Golgi (1843–1926) to the study of the nervous system are a pillar of modern neuroscience. The Golgi impregnation first offered to microscopic studies individual neurons and glial cells in their entirety, and has therefore laid the foundation of neurohistology and neuroanatomy, opening a new era in neuroscience.
- Marina Bentivoglio, Tiziana Cotrufo, Sergio Ferrari, Chiara Tesoriero, Sara Mariotto, Giuseppe Berti...
- 10.3389/fnana.2019.00003
- 2019
- Front Neuroanat. 2019; 13: 3.
Sep 21, 2022 · Key points. In 1873, Camillo Golgi developed a breakthrough method for viewing neurons microscopically. He came to believe, however, that all neurons were fused together, making one vast...
Jan 28, 2021 · In fact, Camillo Golgi — one of the scientists whose discoveries made the neuron doctrine possible — rejected it and instead clung to the “reticular theory”, which stated that the nervous system’s cells (what we would now call neurons) formed a single network, or reticulum.
Dec 31, 2020 · Golgi was the first to be successful in staining myelin component of axon, which he used to discover the myelin annular apparatus. He identified the complete life cycle of Plasmodium (malarial parasite) in human erythrocytes.
