While mouse neurons reach functional maturity within weeks, human neurons take decades, proceeding 2–6x slower than brain growth alone would predict.

I’m incredibly stoked to announce our latest preprint led by Thijs Verhoog, where we show that human cortical neurons mature hundreds of times slower than mouse neurons, only reaching functional maturity well into the third decade of life.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

And start searching around for your intestinal wall to plug into with their little suckers.

If they sense some bile in your intestine their head and neck pop out.

Don't forget to cook your pork.

Look at these beautiful pig tapeworm larvae (Taenia solium)!

@therealdrdukes.bsky.social, founding president of @blackinneuro.bsky.social sharing the highs and lows of her inspirational journey, and the importance of building community in neuroscience at @imbizo.bsky.social. @ibroorg.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org

Annual cockroach spike 🪳 fun at the @imbizo.bsky.social! @simonsfoundation.org @ibroorg.bsky.social @backyardbrains.bsky.social

Three crazy, wonderful days in Accra, Ghana, setting up a patch rig and fluorescent scope for Tom Tagoe...including our first spikes in West Africa!