Neuronal cell types
MagazineR497PrimerNeuronal celltypesRichard H. MaslandIdentifying the functionallydistinct types of neuron is centralto any bottom-up understandingof how the brain works. Thedifferent cell types are the brain selementary computationalelements the components fromwhich the larger machine ismade. We have known of somecell types for more than acentury, but the coverage hasbeen spotty and anecdotal. Thisis changing: it is now possible toassemble more or less completeinventories of cell types thebrain s parts list, upon which allunderstandings of brain recognition that neuronsare distinct functional entitieswas the first great contribution ofneurobiology s founding father,Santiago Ramon y Cajal, whocould make that leap because hehad a method, the Golgi stain,which shows individual neuronsin spectacular isolation from theirneighbors.
types Richard H. Masland ... to most CNS structures, we know precisely what the retina is designed to do. The flow of information in the retina is pretty much unidirectional. Importantly, ... synaptic transmission are particularly informative. This makes sense because different
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