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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2022; 80(06): 653-655
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X-ANP-2021-0460
Historical Notes

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov and Santiago Ramón y Cajal, scientists and Nobel laureates of a new century

Iván Petrovich Pavlov y Santiago Ramón y Cajal, científicos y premios Nobel de un nuevo siglo
Jairo Alonso Rozo 
1   Fundación Universitaria los Libertadores, Integral Psychology and Human Development, Bogotá, Colombia.
,
Leonardo Palacios-Sánchez 
2   Universidad del Rosario, Neuroscience Group Center “Neurovitae”, Bogotá, Colombia.
,
Andrés Manuel Pérez-Acosta 
3   Universidad del Rosario, Behavioral Sciences Research Group, Bogotá, Colombia,
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ABSTRACT

Pavlov and Cajal were two influential scientists who developed their work in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Both won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The authors analyze the similarities between their life and work, delving into a single aspect: the Nobel prize obtained by both with only two years of difference: Pavlov in 1904 and Cajal in 1906, shared with Camilo Golgi. Both belonged to two declining empires when nationalism was still of some importance. The theories proposed by them more than 115 years ago are still valid in much of what they contributed in their respective disciplines.

RESUMEN

Pavlov y Cajal fueron dos científicos influyentes que desarrollaron su trabajo a finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX. Ambos ganaron el premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina. Los autores analizan las similitudes entre su vida y obra, profundizando en un solo aspecto: el premio Nobel obtenido por ambos con tan solo dos años de diferencia: Pavlov en 1904 y Cajal en 1906, compartido con Camilo Golgi. Ambos pertenecían a dos imperios en decadencia, en un momento en que el nacionalismo todavía tenía cierta importancia. Las teorías propuestas por ellos, hace más de 115 años, siguen vigentes en lo fundamental de lo que aportaron en sus respectivas disciplinas.

Keywords:

History of Medicine - Biography - Classical Conditioning - Neurosciences - Nobel Prize

Palabras clave:

Historia de la Medicina - Biografía - Condicionamiento Clásico - Neurociencias - Premio Nobel

Authors’ contributions:

All the authors participated in the conception, design of the study, and writing the manuscript




Publication History

Received: 26 November 2021

Accepted: 27 December 2021

Article published online:
06 February 2023

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