neurons
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Crayfish Can Turn Ordinary Blood Cells Into Neurons
Whatever you happen to call them — crawfish, crawdads, mudbugs — crayfish are pretty tasty. They also have a pretty remarkable ability to regenerate neurons from blood cells. Understanding brain regeneration in these little crustaceans might one day help us understand how it could work in humans.
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Your Brain At Work Looks Like Pyrotechnics Exploding In The Sky
In the future, when doctors read your mind, they won’t see repressed scenes from your childhood — they will see neurons exploding like chains of firecrackers.
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Our Most Important Memories Live In Just A Few Neurons
That favourite childhood memory of yours — you know, the one that still seems like just yesterday, the one that you can still smell and taste — may actually be the result of a select few neurons firing deep within your brain.