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. 2019 Feb 5:8:e44560.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.44560.

What single neurons can tell us

Elaine N Miller  1   2 , Chet C Sherwood  1
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What single neurons can tell us

Elaine N Miller et al. Elife. .

Abstract

IQ scores are correlated with the morphology and activity of certain neurons in the human temporal cortex.

Keywords: dendrites; human; human cortex; human neurons; intelligence; iq scores; neuroscience; pyramidal cells.

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Conflict of interest statement

EM, CS No competing interests declared

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. The architecture of individual neurons in the human cortex is connected to IQ scores.
The temporal cortex in the human brain is organized in layers, which contain pyramidal neurons (black).These cells collect information from their neighbors through branch-like structures known as dendrites, and then integrate and transmit the message to other areas in the cortex. Goriounova et al. found that a higher IQ score (left) was associated with a thicker temporal cortex, which features pyramidal neurons with morethat have more elaborate dendritic networks and that fire faster (graph). A lower IQ score (right) was associated with a thinner temporal cortex which contains pyramidal neurons that have less complex dendritic networks and that fire slower.
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  • Large and fast human pyramidal neurons associate with intelligence.
    Goriounova NA, Heyer DB, Wilbers R, Verhoog MB, Giugliano M, Verbist C, Obermayer J, Kerkhofs A, Smeding H, Verberne M, Idema S, Baayen JC, Pieneman AW, de Kock CP, Klein M, Mansvelder HD. Goriounova NA, et al. Elife. 2018 Dec 18;7:e41714. doi: 10.7554/eLife.41714. Elife. 2018. PMID: 30561325 Free PMC article.

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