History of Deep Learning

Reticular Theory

• by Joseph von Gerlach
• 1871 - 1873
• The nervous system is a continuous network
  • not a network of many discrete cells

Staining Technique

• Camillo Golgi (proponent of Reticular theory)
• a chemical reaction that allows the examination of nervous tissues in much greater detail than before

Neuron Doctrine

• Santiago Ramon y Cajal
• 1888 - 1891
• used Golgi’s staining technique
• The nervous system is made up of discrete individual cells forming a network
  • not a continuous network

The term ‘Neuron’

• Heinrich William Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz
  • also proposed the term chromosome
• around 1891
• consolidated the Neuron Doctrine