Neuronal Synaptic Connections Organized by Small Numbers of Molecules.
Neuronal Synaptic Connections Organized by Small Numbers of Molecules.
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由少量分子组织的神经元突触连接。
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-13-2083-5_2
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发表时间:
2018
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Murakoshi H.
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Shiratsuchi;A.;Ariki;S.;Kidoura;Y.;Hasegawa;H.;and Nakanishi;Y.;Murakoshi H.
In the late 1880s, Spanish neuroanatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934) drew multiple sketches of cells. Having mastered Golgi’s method (in which silver chromate formed by reacting silver nitrate and potassium dichromate is deposited in cells in “a part” of tissue), which was developed by Camillo Golgi, who was about 10 years his senior, Cajal aspired to demonstrate various neural cell morphologies in brain tissue. Have a look at one of them (Fig. 1, left). What do you think? At that time, one theory held that the membranes of neural cells bordered on each other and were connected (the reticular theory; Fig. 1, middle); while another theory, the neuron theory, held that neural cells were discrete, unconnected units (Fig. 1, right). A great debate raged between supporters of these two theories. Golgi, who developed his eponymous staining method, endorsed the reticular theory, while his pupil Cajal supported the neuron theory. Which of them is correct? Fig. 1(Left) Sketch of the cerebral cortex by Cajal. (From Ref. [3], Fig. 66). (Middle) The reticular theory . All cells are connected and have the same internal fluid. (Right) The neuronal theory . Individual cells are compartmentalized