Human Neurons More Complicated than Thought

Yet again, the more living things are studied, the more scientists realize how intricate they are. Neurons (nerve cells) are what make the brain and nervous system operate. They make sense of and direct sensory input so the brain can make use of it. This involves all sorts of steps in the electrical signals for information to be processed. Neurons talk to each other. They have a bit of a resemblance to a tree, so imagine trees sending signals through branches to communicate.

Neuron art, Pixabay / Colin Behrens.jpg

Some interesting research on neurons opens up several possibilities on the functions of certain neurons, and of the complexity of the brain as a whole. If materialists were not locked into their paradigms, they might begin to realize that we have an infinitely wise and powerful Creator that has made amazing things, and how time, chance, and random processes cannot explain them.

Who isn’t curious, at some level at least, about how human brains process all the complicated inputs and outputs that our daily lives require? Neurobiologists take that curiosity to the top floor. Their recent discovery of a new function for certain neurons has suddenly added a new dimension to these tiny processors along with a new take on how they came to be in the first place.

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