Who Discovered Glial Cells?
Who Discovered Glial Cells? Glial cells were first identified by the 19th century’s leading neuroscientists including Rudolf Virchow, Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Pío del Río-Hortega. At that time, glia were suggested to solely function as so-called “Nervenkitt” (the German word for nerve glue). How is our understanding of glial cells currently changing? How is