Neuroscience Building Brain Complexity Unlocking neurons’ secrets at the earliest stage of development Jennifer Luebke and Tarik Haydar, associate professors of anatomy and neurobiology, study how stem cells develop into neurons. “If we have a better understanding of how the brain works under normal conditions, then we can have a better understanding of how it works when things go wrong,” says Luebke. Photo by Michael D. Spencer By The cerebral cortex is what most people imagine when they think of the word “brain.” It’s the convoluted mass of gray matter that’s responsible for memory, thought, language, consciousness—things that make us unique. “It’s the seat of all our higher functions,” says , a Boston University School of Medicine (MED) associate professor of . “Understanding how it com
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