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Brain Cells Come Pre-Programmed, Challenging Century-Old ‘Blank Slate’ Theory

In A Nutshell Lab-grown human brain cells spontaneously organize into precise firing sequences without any sensory experience ...
The Washington Post

Little-known cells might be key to human brain’s massive memory

A new model of memory — and a little-heralded type of brain cell — might explain why the human brain has such a huge storage capacity, researchers reported in the journal PNAS in May. The study looks ...
New Scientist

Do we grow new brain cells as adults? The answer seems to be yes

Whether or not we grow new brain cells as adults has been the subject of an ongoing and often contentious debate. Now, evidence suggests that we can. This could help answer one of neuroscience’s most ...
NPR

These neurons in the abdomen help form the gut-brain connection

Not all brain cells are found in the brain. For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion.