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120 years of hippocampal Schaffer collaterals

  1. Imre Szirmai1,*,
  2. György Buzsáki2,
  3. Anita Kamondi3

Article first published online: 23 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22001

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Szirmai, I., Buzsáki, G. and Kamondi, A. (2012), 120 years of hippocampal Schaffer collaterals. Hippocampus. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22001

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  1. 1

    Department of Neurology, Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary

  2. 2

    Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University Newark, New Jersey

  3. 3

    Department of Neurology, National Institute of Neuroscience, Budapest, Hungary

*Department of Neurology, Semmelweis University Budapest, H-1083 Hungary, Balassa u. 6

Publication History

  1. Article first published online: 23 JAN 2012
  2. Manuscript Accepted: 9 DEC 2011

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Keywords:

  • CA3;
  • CA1;
  • connectivity;
  • cell types;
  • interneurons

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. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals Inc.

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