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Showing posts with label brain cell types. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 June 2022

Ant Brain Complexity Revealed for the First Time at a Cellular Level Using Single Cell Technology


https://neurosciencenews.com/ant-brain-social-20866/
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Labels: brain cell types, insect, molecular biology

Saturday, 4 June 2022

Primates and Non-primates Differ in the Architecture of Their Neurons


https://neurosciencenews.com/primates-non-primate-axon-20736/
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Labels: brain cell types, human, mammal, primate

Thursday, 1 October 2020

New neuron type discovered only in primate brains


https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-neuron-primate-brains.amp?__twitter_impression=true
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Labels: brain cell types, cell biology, molecular biology
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