
Textbook Depictions of Neurons Could Be Improper, In keeping with Controversial Research
Within the late 1800s, Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal drew a whole bunch of pictures of neurons. His beautiful work influenced our understanding of what they appear like: Cells with a bulbous middle, a forest of tree-like branches on one finish, and a protracted, clean tail on the opposite. Centuries later, these pictures stay…