[extropy-chat] Progress on the synaptic understanding front

[Jeff Davis]

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-07/hhmi-tsi071405.php

The synapse is a shotgun

New model challenges textbook definition

Researchers have constructed a new detailed map of the
three-dimensional terrain of a synapse -- the junction
between neurons which are critical for communication
in the brain and nervous system. The "nano-map," which
shows the tiny spines and valleys resolved at
nanometer scale, or one-billionth of a meter, has
already proven its worth in changing scientists' views
of the synaptic landscape.

Best, Jeff Davis

   The known is finite, the unknown infinite; 
   intellectually we stand on an islet in the 
   midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability.
   Our business in every generation is to 
   reclaim a little more land.
                    T.H. Huxley, 1887

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