title: [Between neurons and synapses: the contributions of Cajal and Athias to Iberian medicine between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries].
abstract: The trajectory of histology at the cusp of the twentieth century in Portugal and Spain is investigated to draw a parallel between the contributions of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Marck Athias, both of whom were instrumental in the development of experimental medicine in the Iberian Peninsula and recognized as pillars of a new European scientific mindset at the dawn of the twentieth century. In this case study we reflect on the vicissitudes of the construction of science in the "periphery" of Europe, in the context of the historiographical category of center-periphery developed by STEP (Science and Technology in the European Periphery), contrasting the reality in Iberia with the model of German science in the period under study.
authors.affiliation: Professora, Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia/Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Monte da Caparica. 2829-516 - Caparica - Portugal. ima@fct.unl.pt.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Amaral
authors.affiliation: Professora, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas/ Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Professor Lineu Prestes, 2.415 05508-900 - São Paulo - SP - Brasil. minog@usp.br.
authors.forename: Maria Inês
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: Professor, Instituto de Psicologia/Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Professor Mello Morais, 1.721. 05508-030 -São Paulo - SP - Brasil. fromulo@usp.br.
authors.forename: Francisco Rômulo Monte
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D006653:Histology / Q000266:history*; D006666:History of Medicine; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009420:Nervous System / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology; D011174:Portugal; D012586:Science / Q000266:history; D013030:Spain