Nervous system Quote by Andrew Koob

“nothing was known about glial cells, the most abundant cell in the brain by a large magnitude.”

— Andrew Koob

“Little is known about the physiological properties of glial cells in the vertebrate central nervous system.” In fact, in 1966, absolutely”

— Andrew Koob

We have 26,000 genes. But a blind, millimetre-long roundworm with only 959 cells in total already has over 19,000.

— Iain McGilchrist

“(...) to think that worms and slugs are neurologically simple is another blunder of contemporary, scientifically uninformed philosophy. To take as an example the…

— István Aranyosi

Given the billions of neurons, this means there are as many connections in a single cubic centimeter of brain tissue as there are stars…

— David Eagleman

“the fetal brain generates far more neurons than are found in the adult.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“percent of the rodent brain and 90 percent of the human brain. The ratio of cell number of astrocytes in the cortex increases as…

— Andrew Koob

“As David Eagleman describes it in his wonderful book Incognito: Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia—hundreds of billions of them.…

— Ray Dalio

Worms come out of the woodwork. Leeches crawl from out of the dirt. Rats come out of the holes they call home, I fall…

— Bring Me The Horizon

A typical neuron makes about ten thousand connections to neighboring neurons. Given the billions of neurons, this means there are as many connections in…

— David Eagleman

Sadly, I haven't had a brain cell since I had children.

— Ali Hewson

Most of our brain cells are glial cells, once thought to be mere support cells, but now understood as having a critical role in…

— Thomas R. Insel