Abstract
RAMÓN Y CAJAL reported his discovery of the mossy fibers in May 1888 in his first paper on the cerebellum of birds. In this paper he referred to these fibers as fibras nudosas and described them as follows:
“These are the most numerous of all those fibers which course through the granular layer. They are characterized by showing from place to place nodular expansions which appear to consist of an irregular accumulation of silver precipitate. When these nodosities are examined in the short, most delicate impregnations, it can be seen that they are true arborizations, short and varicose, which decorate certain parts of the fibers in the manner of moss or brambles on a wall. In many places this granular arborescence is supported by a short, delicate stem like a flower.”9
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Palay, S.L., Chan-Palay, V. (1974). The Mossy Fibers. In: Cerebellar Cortex. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65581-4_6
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