Full Idea
Around 85 billion neurons and the same number of gila cells are housed in the human skull, with undreds of millions more neurons in the spinal cord and intestines. …Their dendrites themselves are minature neural networks.
Gist of Idea
The brain has 170 billion cells, with more in spine and intestines
Source
Mazviita Chirimuuta (The Brain Abstracted [2024], 1.1)
A Reaction
The beginning of her nice concise summary of the mind-boggling complexity of the human brain.
Book Reference
Mazviita Chirimuuta: 'The Brain Abstracted' [MIT 2024], p.3