Brain cell Neuron

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Subjects: Diseases--Study and teaching
Health education--Audio-visual aids
Microbiology--Study and teaching--Audio-visual aids
Neurons--Audio-visual aids
Nervous system
Formats: Print
Material Type: Three-dimensional nonprojected graphic -- Monograph
Language: English
Audience: Unspecified
Published: Wilmington, DE : Giantmicrobes, Inc., 2007
Series: Giantmicrobes by Drew Oliver
Giantmicrobes
LC Classification: Q, QR
Alternate Titles: Portion of title: Neuron
Additional Authors: Oliver, Drew
Giantmicrobes (Firm)
Notes: UPC: 874665004358
Summary: Soft toy made to look like a brain cell. The figure is accompanied by an identifying hang-tag with information and a color illustration scaled at 1 million actual size
"The little grey cells that make up your mind are primarily neurons. You have approximately 100 billion of them in your head! The typical neuron is connected to thousands of other forming an inconceivably dense signal-processing network. With over a 1,000 trillion connections, or synapses, in your brain, there are more transmission-pathways in your head than there are atoms in the universe. But before you let that go to your head, think about this: the number of synapses peaks in early childhood, so the average three-year-old has ten times as many as the average adult! [...]" -- Tag
Physical Description: 1 soft toy : gray, plush material ; 24 x 17 x 4 cm
OCLC Number: 654136121
ISBN/ISSN: 8746650043

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