Tag: Neurons
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Brain uses sleep to wash away waste toxins
The brain uses sleep to wash away the waste toxins built up during a hard day’s thinking. Brain cells shrink during sleep to open up the gaps between neurons and allow fluid to wash the brain clean. “The brain only has limited energy at its disposal and it appears that it must choose between two…
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Time Lapse Microscopy Video of Fetal Neurons
The God is in the Neurons video sent me on a neuroscience binge. Here’s a short time lapse microscopy video of fetal neurons from an animal fetus growing in a tissue culture. The neural cells each contain a bright spot, which is a nucleus. And they seem in every case to have two processes –…