Wiring the human brain (Introduction)

by David Turell @, Thursday, October 18, 2012, 15:29 (4397 days ago) @ David Turell

A new lab technique to get to actual wiring and firing rather than the block analysis of fMRI:-http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-brain-circuit-diagram-method-neurons.html-"The human brain consists of around 80 billion neurons, none of which lives or functions in isolation. The neurons form a tight-knit network that they use to exchange signals with each other. The arrangement of the connections between the neurons is far from arbitrary, and understanding which neurons connect with each other promises to provide valuable information about how the brain works."


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