No idea. The neurocritic (linked in post) says “The origin of the glial dominance myth is not clear at all.” Again, I suspect it’s because it makes the brain seem relatively more complex.
Purves doesn’t seem to be as misinformed even the one from 2008 states: “Glia are more numerous than neurons in the brain outnumber them by a ratio of perhaps 3 to 1.”
But I think I’ve hear a one or two professors say “around 3-10:1″.
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And I didn’t know that about glial cells. Where’d that idea get started, anyway?
Fixed, thanks.
No idea. The neurocritic (linked in post) says “The origin of the glial dominance myth is not clear at all.” Again, I suspect it’s because it makes the brain seem relatively more complex.
Purves doesn’t seem to be as misinformed even the one from 2008 states: “Glia are more numerous than neurons in the brain outnumber them by a ratio of perhaps 3 to 1.” But I think I’ve hear a one or two professors say “around 3-10:1″.