We know today that Santiago Ramón y Cajal's Neuron Doctrine is true, but what theory competed with the Neuron Doctrine as recently as the early 1900s?
A) the Bell-Magendie law
B) Camillo Golgi's view of the nervous system as an interconnected network
C) Luigi Galvani's proposal that nerves communicate using electricity
D) phrenology

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Camillo Golgi's view of the nervous system as an interconnected network, known as the reticular theory, competed with Santiago Ramón y Cajal's Neuron Doctrine in the early 1900s. The reticular theory proposed that the nervous system was made up of a continuous, interconnected network of cells, rather than individual, discrete neurons. Although Golgi won the Nobel Prize for his work on the reticular theory, it was ultimately disproven by advancements in microscopy, which allowed for the visualization of individual neurons and their connections.

We Know Today That Santiago Ramón Y Cajal's Neuron Doctrine