by Instituto Cajal | Feb 2, 2024 | neurobaraja
WILD CARD OF WANDS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION Wild card of Wands: PCR or POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION, a genetic technique that copies the cellular mechanisms of nucleic acid replication POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION, or PCR, was a technique unknown to non-specialists in...
by Instituto Cajal | Feb 2, 2024 | neurobaraja
KING OF WANDS CHARLES SCOTT SHERRINGTON King of Wands: CHARLES SCOTT SHERRINGTON (1857 – 1952), British “el Cajal” who gave his name to synapses and described the integrated action of the nervous system Cajal and Sherrington were parallel geniuses trapped by the...
by Instituto Cajal | Feb 2, 2024 | neurobaraja
HORSE OF WANDS NICOLÁS ACHÚCARRO Y PÍO DEL RÍO-HORTEGA Horse of Wands: NICOLÁS ACHÚCARRO and PÍO DEL RÍO-HORTEGA, the incredible riders of the “third element” Two exceptional riders for our Horse of Wands: Nicolás Achúcarro Lund, the young Basque prodigy whose death...
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,...
