Camillo Golgi

Camillo Golgi (July 7, 1843 –  January 21, 1926) is an Italian biologist and pathologist known for his works on the central nervous system.

He studied medicine at the University of Pavia (where he later spends most of his professional career) between 1860 and 1868 under the tutelage of Cesare Lombroso.

Inspired by pathologist Giulio Bizzozero, he pursues research in nervous system.

His discovery of a staining technique called black reaction (sometimes called Golgi's method or Golgi's staining in his honor) in 1873 is a major breakthrough in neuroscience.

Several structures and phenomena in anatomy and physiology are named for him, including the Golgi apparatus, the Golgi tendon organ and the Golgi tendon reflex.

He is recognized as the greatest neuroscientist and biologist of his time.

Golgi and the Spanish biologist Santiago Ramón y Cajal are jointly given the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906 "in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system"

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