The Brain
The structures, cells, and signals behind everything we do.
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Explore the anatomy and cells behind the stories.
Most of what we “know” about Phineas Gage was written after he died. The real story says more about how people recover from brain injuries.
Glial Cells
For much of the history of neuroscience, glial cells were treated like…