jfe0 at bitmailer.net (Javier) writes:
> What is nowdays considered as the total number of neurons in our
> brain - if possible for the different areas of it - and the total
> estimated amount of synapsis? I need that information for a
> presentation .
The most reasonable estimates give about 50 billion (5x10^10) neurons
in all, of which about 40 billion are granule cells in the cerebellum.
About 10 billion are in the neocortex; all other numbers are much
smaller. The number of synapses would be around 100 trillion (10^14),
of which more than 90% are in the neocortex.
-- Bill
