Laurent Descarries, well known for his research on the brain’s axon terminals, has passed away at the age of 73. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, personal ...

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Functionally, there are two basic types of neurons in the cerebral cortex, excitatory and inhibitory neurons. The excitatory neurons are the pyramidal and spiny stellate neurons, the dendrites of ...