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Robert Hooke's lifespan
Hooke added to the microscopical observations and coined the name cell. He is important because without his discoveries many other scientists might have not caught the pores or cells within organisms. I added this event because Hooke added a book on microscopic organisms that was the backbone on other scientist research. -
The Discovery of the cell
Robert Hooke wrote a book called Micrographia that observed cork pieces, He saw microscopic structures within the cork which he called cells. -
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek also finds cells
Leeuwenhoek would look at things under his microscope and they were motile. So he thought they equated to life so he sent it to the Royal Society that day. The Society concluded that they were living organisms. But the difference between Hooke and Leeuwenhoek was Leeuwenhoek called them animalcules. -
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Robert Brown's lifespan
Brown was a Scottish botanist that recognized the nucleus as the essential part of living cells. He introduced the term nucleus and applied this knowledge to looking at the organization of plants cellular constituent's. I selected him because he brought up the study of the nucleus and how it is the epicenter of the cell. -
The nucleus is seen as important
Robert brown recognizes that the nucleus is an important part of cells that are living. He shows that the nucleus is the constituent of the living cells. He coined the term nucleus that allowed other scientist to go off of his work and also study the nucleus. -
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The Cell Theory was born
Before this time the cell theory had been discussed but it was not made official until this time. -
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Cajal used Golgi's analysis of the black reaction and become his biggest supporter. His investigations and reactions added to the baseline of modern neuroscience. I chose Cajal because he was one of the modern supporters of Golgi that contributed to modern neuroscience. -
The neuron theory
Joseph Gerlach made a statement that the central nervous system and it's nerve cells make anastomoses which makes a network that is formed by their dendrites. -
The black reaction
Golgi made the black reaction which showed the structure of the interstitial stroma that is in the cerebral cortex. By putting silver nitrate with hardened pieces of brain from potassium dichromate. By doing this he saw how single nerve cells and how their processes work. This research started the research of how the single functions of nerve cells. -
The nerve Cell bodies
Wilhelm His put the idea out that the nerve-cell body and the prolongations form a single unit. He also discussed the the atoms x out the motor planes. He brought to the light that he thinks cells might be the true central nervous system.