Researched
Golgi's silver stain
Camillo Golgi's 'black reaction' stained a few whole nerve cells completely, making their branching shapes visible for the first time.
Open in the interactive tree →Silver chromate coloured random neurons black against a clear background, and Cajal used the method from 1888 to draw the brain's circuits. Golgi and Cajal shared the 1906 Nobel Prize.
Prerequisites
- Microscope1665
- Cell theory1838
Unlocks
- Neuron doctrine1888Cajal's drawings of single neurons used Golgi's silver stain
- Alzheimer's disease described1906