How Thoughts !
Everything we think, feel, and do would be impossible without the work of neurons and their support cells, the glial cells called astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.
It is estimated that the human brain has close to 100 billion neurons. The electrical signals propagate like a wave to thousands of neurons, which leads to thought formation.
Credit goes to neurons.
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