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Single Idea 23226
[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain
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Full Idea
Researchers have recently described a single inhibitory neuron in a region called the visual thalamus of the mouse - it has 862 input synapses and 626 output synapses.
Gist of Idea
There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs
Source
Matthew Cobb (The Idea of the Brain [2020], 11)
Book Ref
Cobb,Matthew: 'The Idea of the Brain' [Penguin 2020], p.248
A Reaction
This is the kind of fact which philosophers of mind must be aware of when offering accounts of thought which are in danger of being simplistic.
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There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs
[Cobb]
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