Template:Did you know nominations/Catherine Woolley (scientist)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:19, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Catherine Woolley (scientist)

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... that ... neuroendocrinologist Catherine Woolley found evidence of synaptic plasticity using a technique that was described in 1873? Source: (a) Garcia-Segura, Luis Miguel Hormones and Brain Plasticity "The first description of synaptic plasticity associated with the estrus cycle... was provided by Catherine Woolley and her colleagues... Using the Golgi method, Woolley... " (b) Finger, Stanley (1994). Origins of neuroscience : a history of explorations into brain function. Oxford University Press. 'In 1873, Golgi published the first brief but "adequate" picture of la reazione nera (the black reaction)...'

Reviewed: Tan Tjoen Tiat

Created by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk). Self-nominated at 15:28, 17 October 2018 (UTC).

Well written and apparently well-researched, fully cited to mostly online RS (offline accepted on good faith), hook interesting and cited. Date checks out. QPQ done. Nice work ;) --Al Ameer (talk) 19:07, 17 October 2018 (UTC)