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The Importance of Silent Cells in the Brain
John says the brain has a lot of cells that are quiet. He thought if his team could get a silent cell to talk, they could isolate why it was talking. They soon found cells in cat brains that responded to all sorts of things. Different foods for example. Some cells we respond to one flavor of cat food and others to another flavor.
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