Neuroscience · Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience
A topic within Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Neuroscience.
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Cajal's Nobel lecture lays out the neuron doctrine from his own histological work, describing neurons as discrete, polarised cells rather than a continuous reticulum.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Rafael Yuste
Argues the classical neuron doctrine oversimplifies real circuits, which also communicate through electrical synapses and volume transmission that blur the boundary between cells.
link checked 17 Sept 2026