The influence of James and Darwin on Cajal and his research into the neuron theory and evolution of the nervous system
In this article we discuss the influence of William James and Charles Darwin on the thoughts of Ramón y Cajal concerning the structure, plasticity and evolution of the nervous system at the cellular level. Here we develop Cajal’s notion that neuronal theory is a necessary condition to explain the pl...
Main Authors: | Francisco Rômulo Monte Ferreira, Maria Inês Nogueira, Javier eDeFelipe |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroanatomy |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2014.00001/full |
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