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“Sometimes the dendrites leading into the nonsensory neuron are so plentiful that, under a microscope, they look very much like a richly branched coral,…

— Wendy Williams

“The brain is an incredible multitasker. At the same time that it's piercing itself with superheated needles of anguish, it's ruthlessly making plans, contingencies,…

— Leah Raeder

Taking advantage of the method, found by me, of the black staining of the elements of the brain, staining obtained by the prolonged immersion…

— Camillo Golgi

“The brain is an incredible multitasker. At the same time that it’s piercing itself with superheated needles of anguish, it’s ruthlessly making plans, contingencies,…

— Leah Raeder

“There are an estimated 100 billion neurons residing inside the skull with an exponential amount of neural connections”

— Michio Kaku

“Neurons that fire together, wire together. Neurons that fail to link, fire out of sync.”

— An Article on Neuroplasticity

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

“There is but a gentle stillness inside every cerebral. Tiny waterfalls of blood vessels rushing, becoming lethal.”

— Justin Bienvenue

“When information comes in through your sense organs, it’s directed to the thalamus, which is like the Grand Central Station of the brain”

— Catherine M. Pittman

I am delighted that I have found a new reaction to demonstrate even to the blind the structure of the interstitial stroma of the…

— Camillo Golgi

“In a room the size of a ballroom the Pattern was laid. The floor was black and looked smooth as glass. And on the…

— Roger Zelazny

The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess. Its billions of nerve cells - called neurons - lie in a tangled web that displays cognitive…

— William Allman