Pío del Río Hortega
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Discovered Microglia
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Pío del Río Hortega's Degrees
- Doctorate Neurology Complutense University of Madrid
Why Is Pío del Río Hortega Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Pío del Río Hortega was a Spanish neuroscientist who discovered microglia. Biography Río Hortega was born in Portillo, Valladolid on 5 May 1882. He studied locally and qualified to practice medicine in 1905. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Madrid by researching the pathology of brain tumours. In 1913, he was funded to study research histology in France and Germany but the outbreak of war between them forced him to return to Spain.
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