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Cajal

British  
/ kaˈxal /

noun

  1. Santiago Ramon y. 1852–1934, Spanish histologist, a pioneer of modern neurophysiology: shared the Nobel prize for medicine 1906.

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That has been the practice since the pioneering work of Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal more than a century ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

This organization gives rise to unique pH profiles within nucleoli, which they measured and compared with the pH of nearby non-nucleolar condensates including nuclear speckles and Cajal bodies.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024

“We want to lose this lack of trust that exists between vulnerable communities and the doctors,” said Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuan, the founder of Factor H and the chief executive of Cajal Neurocience, a Seattle-based drug-discovery company.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2023

“The mysterious butterflies of the soul,” Cajal called them, “whose beating of wings may one day reveal to us the secrets of the mind.”

From Scientific American ● Apr. 9, 2022

The cells of this layer are the so-called cells of Cajal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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