How many brain cells and synapses does human brain have?
1 Answer
Mar 27, 2016
The adult male human brain, at an average of 1.5 kg, has 86 billion neurons and 85 billion non-neuronal cells – numbers that deviate from the expected by 7 and 24% only.
Explanation:
The commonly “accepted” value of roughly 100 billion was re-examined carefully in the referenced paper, which also explains in detail how this compares with other animal brains, intelligence, and implications.
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/neuro.09.031.2009/full