In article <c3Uj3.677$dc7.121295 at newsfeed.intelenet.net>, "cody"
<cmoss at cen.quik.com> wrote:
>Tell me what you think of this theory, Is it good. Does it suck What can be
>improved on it.
>>The neuron is like a tree. The tree sends out a tap root (axon in the
>brain). That is fine for awhile, but what if the tree wants to grow bigger?
>The tree sends out many tiny roots along the tap root (dendrite in the
>brain). This is beneficial to the tree because it needs nutrition and the
>tap root can only go down so far until it hits clay. Over to the brain, one
>axon is all a neuron can have and it can only go so far. But the dendrites
>can span to infinity to gain knowledge from other communities of neurons.
I think you've got yourself a metaphor rather than a theory. It's a good
one, but since the term "arborization" is already used to describe the
growth of dendrites, I think someone has already made the comparison.
(Arbor as in Arbor day).
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gary jasdzewski
gary at purdue.edu
