by Instituto Cajal | Feb 2, 2024 | neurobaraja
CARDS FROM 2 TO 7 OF WANDS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Cards from 2 to 7 of Wands: Multiple Sclerosis This week they are talking about multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system that arises when the loss of myelin that covers neuronal axons...
by Instituto Cajal | Feb 2, 2024 | neurobaraja
ACE OF CLUBS THE OLIGODENDROCYTE Ace of clubs: oligodendrocytes, myelin producers We present the Ace of clubs of the neurodeck: the oligodendrocyte, a highly coiled glial cell, a specialist in covering neuronal axons with insulating and protective myelin that, when...
by Instituto Cajal | Feb 2, 2024 | neurobaraja
WILD CARD OF CUPS CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY Wild Card of Cups: CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY, a very useful technology for neuroscience Confocal technology is a great advance in optical microscopy, because it solves the problem of observing tissue preparations of a certain thickness,...
by Instituto Cajal | Feb 2, 2024 | neurobaraja
QUEEN OF CUPS MARIAN DIAMOND Queen of Cups: MARIAN DIAMOND (1926-2017), the lover of the brain who revealed its plasticity to the world Marian Diamond was born to change neuroscience. She was fascinated by “the most wonderful structure on Earth”, capable...
by Instituto Cajal | Feb 2, 2024 | neurobaraja
HORSE OF CUPS FERNANDO DE CASTRO RODRÍGUEZ Horse of Cups: FERNANDO DE CASTRO RODRÍGUEZ (1896 -1967), the great neurophysiologist of the sympathetic We present Fernando de Castro, one of the stars of the Cajal galaxy, who rides in the neurodeck representing the...
