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Brain Function: Novel Technologies Driving Novel Understanding

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The central nervous system of mammals is among the most elaborate structures in nature. For example, the cerebral cortex, which is involved in perception, motor control, attention, and memory, is organized in horizontal layers, each of astonishing complexity (Jones and Peters 1990). One cubic millimeter of mammalian neocortex contains about 100,000 neurons (Meyer et al. 2010). Each neuron receives on the order of 20,000 synapses and communicates with tens to hundreds of other cells in an extraordinarily complex and highly interwoven cellular network. Moreover, neurons are remarkably diverse in terms of their morphology, electrical properties, connectivity, and neurotransmitter phenotype.

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