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. 2012 Jul;22(7):1508-16.
doi: 10.1002/hipo.22001. Epub 2012 Jan 23.

120 years of hippocampal Schaffer collaterals

Imre Szirmai  1 , György Buzsáki, Anita Kamondi
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120 years of hippocampal Schaffer collaterals

Imre Szirmai et al. Hippocampus. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

Károly Schaffer (1864-1939) was a Hungarian neurologist who distinguished himself through original discoveries in human neuropathology. At the beginning of his scientific carrier, he described the cellular and fiber structure of the hippocampus, earning him a high reputation in neuroscience. Schaffer (1892) described the so-called "collateral fiber system" that connects the CA3 and CA1 regions of the hippocampus, known today as Schaffer collaterals. To decipher the history of this well-known eponym, we review Schaffer's original German publication and follow the impact of his research in the contemporary literature.

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