Neuron Quotes

14 quotes by 11 authors

• We are compelled to drive toward total knowledge, right down to the levels of the neuron and the gene. When we have progressed enough to… — E. O. Wilson
• There are 100 billion neurons in the adult human brain, and each neuron makes something like 1,000 to 10,000 contacts with other neurons in the… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
• Here is a neuron that fires when I reach and grab something, but it also fires when I watch Joe reaching and grabbing something. ...… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
• The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in… — Michio Kaku
• It might be thought the height of poor taste to ascribe good fortune to a healthy man with a young family struck down at the… — Tony Judt
• Synaptic summation is the technical term used in neurophysiology for those instances in which some neuron C is fired only by a combination of neurons… — Gregory Bateson
• What the ordinary person means by a 'miracle' is some gross distortion or suspension of the laws of nature... but life itself strikes him as… — Sydney J. Harris
• A typical neuron makes about ten thousand connections to neighboring neurons. Given the billions of neurons, this means there are as many connections in a… — David Eagleman
• Maybe I don't have the most common kind of motor neuron disease, which usually kills in two or three years. — Stephen Hawking
• He always reminded us that every atom in our bodies was once part of a distant star that had exploded. He talked about how evolution… — Greg Iles
• The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation from both a… — Lisa Genova
• The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years. — Stephen Hawking
• Some forms of motor neuron disease are genetically linked, but I have no indication that my kind is. No other member of my family has… — Stephen Hawking
• In my view, while the single neuron is the basic anatomical and information processing-signaling unit of the brain, it is not capable of generating behaviors… — Miguel Nicolelis

Who Wrote These Neuron Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 14 Neuron Quotes as follows:

• 3 Neuron Quotes by Stephen Hawking
• 2 Neuron Quotes by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
• 1 Neuron Quote by E. O. Wilson
• 1 Neuron Quote by Michio Kaku
• 1 Neuron Quote by Tony Judt
• 1 Neuron Quote by Gregory Bateson
• 1 Neuron Quote by Sydney J. Harris
• 1 Neuron Quote by David Eagleman
• 1 Neuron Quote by Greg Iles
• 1 Neuron Quote by Lisa Genova
• 1 Neuron Quote by Miguel Nicolelis