At the end of the 19th century there was a neuroscientific conflict:
The conflict was about whether the neurons were connected uninterruptedly to each other forming a continuous whole, this was defended by Camilo Golgi, for example, or if there was indeed a physical separation between them. The correct answer is the second, which was tested by Santiago Ramón y Cajal after improving a stain invented by Camilo Golgi.
Cajal discovered synapses, specifically the synaptic space: the point where a neuron ends and information passes to another cell (which is not always another neuron). In the synaptic space, communication between both cells occurs: the nerve impulse reaches the end of the axon, causing the release of neurotransmitters to the synaptic space, which are captured by the cell that is on the other side of the synaptic space, who, according to the substances that receive will act one way or another. And so the information is passed from one cell to another in the nervous system.
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About Neuropills:
Created, directed and presented by Pablo Barrecheguren (@pjbarrecheguren), Neuropíldoras (2018) is a scientific dissemination project made by Big Van Ciencia in collaboration with Muy Interesante and carried out with the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology – Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FECYT).
