From the press release:
2019 Lectures & Curator’s Coffee Series: “The Brain: It’s More Than You Think”
This model shows two neurons connecting at a synapse, the juncture where one neuron sends messages to another. Neurons can have thousands of synapses, which allows them to communicate with thousands of other neurons at once.
Credit: Courtesy of AMNH/D. Finnin
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