Sentences with phrase «quadrillion connections»

Together, they form around one quadrillion connections.

With 100 billion neurons linked via a quadrillion connections, the brain has always been considered too delicate — and too important — to be subjected to the destructive power of a molecular search - and - destroy team.

Neuroscientists know that the brain contains some 100 billion neurons and that the neurons are joined together via an estimated quadrillion connections.

Consider that the nerve cells of a human embryo have a cool quadrillion connections to make before a basic baby can take shape.

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To think, remember, imagine, and see — all these amazing capacities of the brain come from billions of neurons with quadrillions of precise connections interacting to form the most remarkable dynamical system in the universe.