El clima del valle del Río Colorado

El Miedo del dios

Mi objetivo es analizar esa figura a la que aquí voy a llamar Miedo y reflexionar además sobre las diversas formas y matices en que aparece junto a nosotros . En el miedo genéricamente considerado hay algo tan peculiar y tan común a todos los seres –humanos y no humanos-, tan vinculado a la expresión misma de la vida, que su presencia se pone casi inmediatamente de manifiesto en el lenguaje, en...

El Don Del Águila

El manejo óptimo del prolactinoma

Pío del Río Hortega and the discovery of the oligodendrocytes

Pío del Río Hortega (1882-1945) discovered microglia and oligodendrocytes (OLGs), and after Ramón y Cajal, was the most prominent figure of the Spanish school of neurology. He began his scientific career with Nicolás Achúcarro from whom he learned the use of metallic impregnation techniques suitable to study non-neuronal cells. Later on, he joined Cajal's laboratory. and Subsequently, he create...

Gynandromorphs in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

Gynandromorphs of Culex nigripalpus Theobald (2), Cx. pedroi Sirivanakarn and Belkin (1) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (2) are described. Two individuals of the latter species were reared in the laboratory, while the remaining three specimens were wild-caught with different traps in rural areas in Valle del Cauca department, southwestern Colombia. All of the individuals were mounted on microscop...