Camillo Golgi (1843 - 1926)

Born 7 Jul 1843 in Corteno, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Italy

Died 21 Jan 1926 at age 82 in Pavia, Italy

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Biography

Camillo Golgi is Notable.

Fields Neuroscience

Winner of Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, Camillo Golgi, discovered (one of his discoveries) the Golgi Tendon Organ. The contributions of Camillo Golgi (1843–1926) to the study of the nervous system are a pillar of modern neuroscience. The Golgi impregnation first offered to microscopic studies individual neurons and glial cells in their entirety, and has therefore laid the foundation of neurohistology and neuroanatomy, opening a new era in neuroscience.[1]

Sources

• https://www.physio-pedia.com/Golgi_Tendon_Organ

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo_Golgi

• http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1906/