Ila Fiete: Brain Self-Organization, Not Genetic Blueprint, Builds Neural Circuits

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Brain self-organization, not genetic blueprinting, builds the brain's 100 trillion synaptic connections. MIT neuroscientist Ila Fiete argues in a Perspectives essay for The Transmitter that genes encode compact reaction-diffusion rules, not synaptic addresses, with concrete implications for understanding autism and schizophrenia genetics. — Tech Times

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