On August 27th 2018, A team of scientists from the Allen Institute for Brain Science and the University of Szeged, announced in the Journal Nature, that they had discovered a a previously unidentified cell in the human brain. The cell is being called the "rosehip neuron," and it is not found in any other animal. The team believes that this may be the reason way brain treatments developed by experimenting on mice, don't work in people.
"Rosehip neurons," are called such because they resemble a rose with all of its petals removed. They are found in the top of the human cortex, which is responsible for consciousness. This is also the area of the brain that makes humans unique. The team is not certain as to the exact functioning of the newly found cells, but they believe that "rosehip neurons," may be responsible for controlling the flow of information within the brain.
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