Posts Tagged ‘Biomechanics’
On brain folding and fitting 86 billion neurons inside our 1400 cc crania
The human brain has been called the most complex object in the known universe. And with good reason: It has around 86 billion neurons and several hundred thousand miles of axon fibers connecting them. Unsurprisingly, the process of brain folding that results in the brain’s characteristic bumps and grooves is also highly complex. Despite decades of…
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