the choice facing neuroscientists in the early 20th century: study the cell that seemed on the verge of yielding all the secrets of the human mind, or tell your advisor you wanted to study glue instead.
Very plausible! But I would also like to know how this stable state eventually got upset. Who were the first people to study glial cells? Did they have any distinctive characteristics (personality/educational background/institutional affiliation/...) or did anything in particular happen that prompted them to take an interest in glue? It seems that if we could replicate that miracle, it could be very beneficial for science.
Very plausible! But I would also like to know how this stable state eventually got upset. Who were the first people to study glial cells? Did they have any distinctive characteristics (personality/educational background/institutional affiliation/...) or did anything in particular happen that prompted them to take an interest in glue? It seems that if we could replicate that miracle, it could be very beneficial for science.