EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The existence of the cell organelle which is now known as Golgi apparatus or Golgi complex, or simply as ‘the Golgi", was first reported by Camillo Golgi in 1898, when he described in nerve cells an ‘internal reticular apparatus’ impregnated by a variant of his chromoargentic staining.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the 1870s Camillo Golgi discovered that nerve cells could be stained with silver nitrate. This led to groundbreaking studies of how the nervous system is structured and functions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Golgi apparatus (or Golgi to its friends) is named after Camillo Golgi, who first reported in 1888 a reticular structure in the cytoplasm of many cell types that he found by silver chromate staining.

Detailed explanation-4: -Golgi is also credited with the discovery of two types of sensory receptors in muscle tendons: Golgi tendon organ and Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscles. Golgi was the first to be successful in staining myelin component of axon, which he used to discover the myelin annular apparatus.

Detailed explanation-5: -Camillo Golgi was born at Corteno near Brescia on July 7, 1843*, the son of a physician. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia under Mantegazza, Bizzozero and Oehl. After graduating in 1865 he continued to work in Pavia at the Hospital of St. Matteo.