Abstract
Cells in all organs can interact with their neighbours, but in the brain a cell can communicate if the need arises not with its neighbours but with some selected cells farther away. The communication network thus created is by many orders of magnitude more complex than the one possible with compact cells contacting each other. Thus the trick of the brain is essentially in the spatial dimension at the intercellular (and not at the intracellular) level. Therefore, in order to investigate essential aspects of brain function,intercellular interactions must be studied while the brain works.
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Krüger, J. (1985). Investigation of a Small Volume of Neocortex with Multiple Microelectrodes: Evidence for Principles of Self-Organization. In: Haken, H. (eds) Complex Systems — Operational Approaches in Neurobiology, Physics, and Computers. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70795-7_5
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