nostr:npub135ehc5a66nvtdayst0phnj9y8kvte34nhmqs0pya3v0vullpdyfsdjlmp5 The technique, developed by Herculano-Houzel and originally used to reveal the number of neurons existing in the human brain, dissolves the brain and liquefies each neuron.

Once mushed to an “unfiltered apple-juice” consistency, only free-floating nuclei from neurons remain in the “brain soup,” which a researcher can then count.