Biography of santiago ramon y cajal

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small."

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small." Widely thought of as the founder of neuroscience, Cajal made remarkable explorations into the organization and function of the nervous system. His work is still referred to more than that of any other scientist in the field.W. Maxwell Cowan's foreword to this edition conveys the excitement and energy of Cajal's life and endeavors, the liveliness and flamboyance of his engagements with the microscope. Cowan surveys Cajal's salient discoveries, noting that almost every important conceptual issue in neurobiology was foreshadowed in Cajal's work: the initial description of the climbing fibers of the cerebellum, the discovery of the growth cone, the concept of the "dynamic polarity" of the neurom an an

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the Father of Neuroscience

Wandering through the streets of Barcelona, you’re likely to komma across the name Ramón y Cajal: there’s a school, a street, and more. You’ll also find tributes to him in cities around Spain, including Valencia, Zargoza, Madrid and Granada. He spent time in several cities around the country in pursuit of his scientific framtidsperspektiv, and each one of these cities likes to claim him as a favorite son. 

So, Who Was He? A Politician? A Writer?

At Carrer del Notariat 7, there’s a plaque in Catalan that says: “In this house, S. Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) in 1888 discovered the theory of the nervcell. The city remembers him on the fiftieth anniversary of his death.” Not a politician, not a writer: Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a scientific genius commonly referred to as the father of neuroscience, or as one journalist put it, the “cartographer of the brain.”

Early Life

He was born in the small town o

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Spanish neuroscientist (1852–1934)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramón and the second or maternal family name is Cajal.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Ramón y Cajal in 1899
Born	(1852-05-01)1 May 1852 Petilla de Aragón, Spain
Died	17 October 1934(1934-10-17) (aged 82) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Education	University of Zaragoza
Known for	Fathering modern neuroscience Discovery of the neuron Cajal body, Cajal–Retzius cell, Interstitial cell of Cajal, Neuron doctrine, Growth cone, Dendritic spine, Long-term potentiation, Mossy fiber, Neurotrophic theory, Axo-axonic synapse, Pioneer axon, Pyramidal cell, Radial glial cell, Retinal ganglion cell, Trisynaptic circuit, Visual map theory
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1906)
Scientific career
Fields	Neuroscience Pathology Histology
Institutions	University of Valencia Complutense University of Madrid Un