by Instituto Cajal | Feb 2, 2024 | neurobaraja
ACE OF SWORDS MICROGLÍA Ace of swords: microglia, the defenders of nervous tissue Introducing our Ace of Swords: microglia. A “micro” cell due to its size, but a “macro” cell due to its defense powers of the central nervous system. The brain...
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...
