Luigi Rolando

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Luigi Rolando (Turin, 1773-1831) was an Italian anatomist.

As a University of Turin professor, he devoted his life in studying brain anatomy. The Substantia gelatinosa of Rolando and the fissure of Rolando are named for him.[1]

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  1. ^ Caputi F, Spaziante R, de Divitiis E, Nashold BS (1995). "Luigi Rolando and his pioneering efforts to relate structure to function in the nervous system". J. Neurosurg. 83 (5): 933–7. PMID 7472570. 

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