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Golgi

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Gol·gi  (glj), Camillo 1844?-1926.
Italian histologist. He shared a 1906 Nobel Prize for research on the structure of the nervous system.

Golgi (Italian) [ˈgɔldʒi]
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(Biographies / Golgi, Camillo (1844-1926) M, Italian, SCIENCE: neurologist, SCIENCE: histologist) Camillo (kaˈmillo). 1844-1926, Italian neurologist and histologist, noted for his work on the central nervous system and his discovery in animal cells of the bodies known by his name: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1906
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Noun1.Golgi - Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926)


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The article is organized by an examination of the receptors responsible for activating afferent pathways (muscle spindle, golgi tendon organ, and articular and cutaneous receptors) and the corresponding sensory afferent fibers and neurons.
Compared with healthy larvae, the mutants' intestinal cells had grossly enlarged Golgi bodies, cell structures that process lipids and proteins.
Also, an eccentrically placed nucleus and a perinuclear hof (owing to a prominent Golgi apparatus) can be seen.
 
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