Cross Connexions — a Foreword

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The probability of neural connexions

J In some areas of a nervous system there is no obvious plan of connexions. I f it is assumed, first, that in these areas fibre growth is random, and secondly, that connexions are formed if axon and dendrite approach within a critical distance, there are certain mathematical consequences. If fibre density is defined and measured in a particular way it is possible to derive a formula for the ave...

Neuropragmatics: A foreword

Consider the following utterances (and their interpretations): John is a shark (‘he is very aggressive’), She spilled the beans (‘she revealed the secret’), I’d like a rose OR a book (‘just one of them’), My soup is too cold to eat (‘bring me another one’), The lights have been on since last night. The car doesn’t start (‘because the battery is dead’). Such phenomena are known as metaphor, idio...

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Editorial Foreword

Evidence is steadily accumulating that a large number of diseases in which historical therapies have made no signifi cant impact in outcome are suddenly for the fi rst time effectively treated to yield outcomes unimaginable with prior therapies. Because of the complexities of signaling mechanisms and variation in these mechanisms between disease processes, thorough and standardized testing of e...