Signaling in the Brain: In Search of Functional Units.
What are the functional units of the brain? If the function of the brain is to process information-carrying signals, then the functional units will be the senders and receivers of those signals. Neurons have been the default candidate, with action potentials as the signals. But there are alternative...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 891 - 902 |
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Dec2014
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