The human brain contains roughly 86 billion neurons, each forming thousands of connections.

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The long-quoted '100 billion' was an estimate; Suzana Herculano-Houzel's 2009 cell-counting method put the figure near 86 billion.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

İnsan beyninde yaklaşık 86 milyar nöron bulunur; her biri binlerce bağlantı kurar.

Uzun süre alıntılanan '100 milyar' bir tahmindi; Suzana Herculano-Houzel'in 2009'daki hücre sayma yöntemi sayıyı 86 milyara yakın buldu.

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Herculano-Houzel, 2009 (neuron-counting study).

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