Spanish neuroanatomist and Nobel laureate Santiago Ramon y Cajal
(Ramon y Cajal, 1989[1917]):
I noticed that every ramification, dendritic or axonic, in the course of
formation, passes through a chaotic period, so to speak, a period of trials,
during which there are sent out at random experimental conductors
most of which are destined to disappear. . . . What mysterious forces
precede the appearance of the processes, promote their growth and ramification
. . . and finally establish those protoplasmic kisses, the intercellular
articulations, which seem to constitute the final ecstasy of an
epic love story?
(Ramon y Cajal, 1989[1917]):
I noticed that every ramification, dendritic or axonic, in the course of
formation, passes through a chaotic period, so to speak, a period of trials,
during which there are sent out at random experimental conductors
most of which are destined to disappear. . . . What mysterious forces
precede the appearance of the processes, promote their growth and ramification
. . . and finally establish those protoplasmic kisses, the intercellular
articulations, which seem to constitute the final ecstasy of an
epic love story?
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