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Contrary to expectations, study finds primate neurons have fewer synapses than mice in visual cortex
September 14, 2021 by NewsBot
A study analyzing over 15,000 individual synapses in macaques and mice found that primate neurons have two to five times fewer synapses in the visual cortex compared to mice -- and the difference may be due to the metabolic cost of maintaining synapses.
