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March 06, 2010

We have 1,000 types of nerve cells

This Scientific American story shows why we have only just emerged from the Stone Age into the Bronze Age on neuroscience:
(And), as our understanding of the brain grows, our desire to intervene, to help ameliorate the many pathologies to which the mind is prey, grows commensurately. Yet today’s tools (drugs and deep-brain stimulations) are comparatively crude, with undesirable side effects.

Christof Koch is a disciple of DNA co-discoverer Francis Crick and a leading neuroscientist. He's on the forefront of new research in the field; read the full story to see some of the latest avenues of research.

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