Synapses: Science and art in Spain from Ramón y Cajal to the 21st century
In the late 19th and early 20th century, scientists took decisive steps towards a deeper knowledge of how the human brain and the nervous system function. Perhaps the most important pioneers of neuroscience was Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), who received the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research about the nervous system.