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A Beautiful Discovery Inside Our Brains: Cells Resemble Tiny Pearls, Transforming Our Understanding of How We Think
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Scientists have discovered that brain-cell axons naturally resemble strings of tiny pearls rather than the smooth tubes depicted in textbooks for over a century. This beautiful, newly revealed structure changes with neural activity and could help researchers better understand how electrical signals travel through the brain.
Scientists have discovered that brain-cell axons naturally resemble strings of tiny pearls rather than the smooth tubes depicted in textbooks for over a century. This beautiful, newly revealed structure changes with neural activity and could help researchers better understand how electrical signals travel through the brain.