neuron necklace | silver horizontalDNA_Upsell Paul Modrich

Paul Modrich

and a large fraction of basic cell biology have used fibroblasts as the starting material

switch on a contractile programme to become myofibroblasts

looking down at both hemispheres from above

neuron necklace | silver horizontalDNA_Upsell Paul ModrichNeuron necklace sterling silver The human brain holds roughly 86 billion neurons, each firing through the same basic architecture: cell body, dendrites, axon, synaptic terminals. The unit that took most of the twentieth century to understand and now anchors most of neuroscience. Worn here as a 39 mm sterling silver pendant. The Science Behind the Neuron The neuron doctrine, the principle that the brain is composed of discrete cellular units rather