Ah, the neuron is one of my absolute favorite cells of the body, aside from the stem cell which I’ll be writing about soon.
The neuron is mysterious, magical, powerful, and its function and strength in ability grows when it is in communication, or in a community of other neurons. By itself it loses it’s ability to function but is inspired to “create”, generate those mental activities we call “thoughts”, “ideas”, “feelings”, and “brainstorming”.
Neurons are fascinating. They are the cells that help us to understand our physical world through sensation, touch, the other senses, stimuli that is transmitted to the brain to decode and translate into understanding. Absolutely amazing.
As you watch the below video, you may wonder as I did – where does all that energy come from? And how would our bodies act without these important cells?
Here are a few VERY interesting facts about neurons – complements of Serendip . Did you know:
- Average number of neurons in the human brain= 100 billion
- Average number of neurons in an octopus brain= 300 billion
- Rate of neuron growth during development of a fetus (in the womb)= 250,000 neurons/minute
- Diameter of a neuron= 4 to 100 microns
- Longest axon of a neuron= around 15 feet (Giraffe primary afferent axon from toe to neck)
- Velocity of a signal transmitted through a neuron= 1.2 to 250 miles/hour
These numbers can change.
Here is a really interesting article on neurons from the Society for Neuroscience if you want to explore more …
Enjoy this amazing video on the Neuron – we are wired to network …
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