Past stat · 2026-10-21 UTC
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Past stat · 2026-10-21 UTC
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Azevedo, Herculano-Houzel and colleagues counted about 86 billion neurons, not the round "100 billion" that textbooks copied without a citation. Non-neuronal cells are in the same ballpark, not 10-to-1 glia.
Correct answer: About 86 billion
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