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Inside the brain poster (colour/black and white)
Our brains contain some 86 billion neurons, or nerve cells, which communicate via junctions called synapses. At these junctions, neurons are just 20 nm apart. Inside each of our heads you’ll find one brain, billions of neurons and trillions of synapses which this poster explains. |
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