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Most neurons seem to be jacks-of-all-trades, not specialists

We tend to think of the brain as being made up of highly specialised cells, but a study in mice suggests that most neurons are generalists

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We tend to think of the brain as being made up of highly specialised cells, but a study in mice suggests that most neurons are generalists

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