Eighty-six billion and counting: do we know the number of neurons in the human brain?
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 39602822.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/brain/awae390 and PMC identifier 11884752.
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Abstract
Through statistical analysis and comparison of different studies, Alain Goriely challenges the widely accepted figure of 86 billion neurons in the human brain, and argues that the actual number is uncertain, with estimates ranging between 61 and 99 billion.