Camillo Golgi

Published18 Jun 2020
Author Calli McMurray
Source BrainFacts/SfN

The Italian physician and neuroscientist devised a revolutionary technique to stain neurons that neuroscientists still use today.

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Calli McMurray

Calli McMurray is the Media and Communications Assistant at SfN. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience.

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References

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020, January 17). Camillo Golgi. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Camillo-Golgi

Pannese, E. (1999). The Golgi Stain: Invention, Diffusion and Impact on Neurosciences. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 8(2), 132–140. doi: 10.1076/jhin.8.2.132.1847