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    Pío del Río Hortega (1882 – 1945) was a Spanish neuroscientist who discovered microglia. Río Hortega was born in Portillo, Valladolid on 5 May 1882. He...
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    defined a "third element" (cell type) besides neurons and astrocytes. Pío del Río Hortega, a student of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, first called the cells "microglia"...
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    to be generated in the CNS. Oligodendrocytes were discovered by Pío del Río Hortega. Oligodendrocytes are a type of glial cell. They arise during development...
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  • journalist and politician Pío del Río Hortega (1882–1945), Spanish neuroscientist Pio Sanquirico (1847–1900), Italian painter Pio Terei, New Zealand actor...
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    he met Sir William Osler. In 1924, he worked for five months with Pío del Río Hortega characterising the type of glial cells known as oligodendroglia....
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  • Cajal (1852–1934). Discovery of the microglia or Hortega cell by the neuroscientist Pío del Río Hortega (1882–1945) Discovery that the human cell has 46...
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    industry. Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849), geologist and chemist, discovered vanadium (as vanadinite) in 1801. Pío del Río Hortega (1882–1945), neuroscientist...
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  • Camberley, England 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1937 (id=9414) Pío del Río Hortega May 5, 1882 Portillo, Valladolid, Spain June 1, 1945 Buenos Aires...
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    industry Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849), geologist and chemist, discovered vanadium (as vanadinite) in 1801 Pío del Río Hortega (1882–1945), neuroscientist...
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    young Rosai's interest in that discipline following the teachings of Pío del Río Hortega, Lascano mentor. Rosai earned the M.D. degree at the age of 21, and...
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  • League". Autostraddle. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2022. "Río Hortega, el español que se quedó sin Nobel por republicano, gay y una pelea con...
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    seen as a symbol of the city and for the region of Castilla y León. Pío del Río Hortega was born in the city and after qualifying as a doctor went on to...
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  • Government (Prime Minister) of the Second Spanish Republic; and Pío del Río-Hortega, a famous neuro-histologist who left Spain after the Civil War, dying...
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    In 2001 it had 2,574 inhabitants. Portillo was the birthplace of Pio del Rio-Hortega who first identified Microglia. Cuisine of the province of Valladolid...
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