Total Number of Synapses in the Adult Human Neocortex

The brain is composed of glial cells and neurons where synapses form connections between neurons and other cells. Since synapses are very small, so either a light or electron microscope is required to see them. Unlike other mammals, synapses in the human brain deteriorate rapidly upon death making t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thai Nguyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida 2010-01-01
Series:Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol3/iss1/26