Since the famous Einstein passed away, many scientist have been bringing up the question "was size a factor to the fact that Einstein was a genius". I am about a hundred percent sure that many people had study Einstein's brain and some discovered some interesting results. Gladly, to say that the researchers found that Einstein just had a big head and was not deformed like his mother suggested. In a recent video that I watched, neurologist, Douglas Fields, stated that an analyst found out that Einstein have more glia than,what people assumed, more neurons.
The brain has serval types of glia cells, all with different functions. Astrocytes, Microglia, Schwann cells, Oligodendrocytes, and many more are all types of glia. Now the analyst proposed that Einstein was a genius because of the severe amount of glia his brain contained. Which I think makes sense but has some slight confusion. Being that there are many types of glia the analyst fails to present which type Einstein had more of. The brain is going to consist of numerous glia cells because there are many types but my question is...was there a specific type of glia cell that Einstein's brain contain more of. This is a question that needs to be answered because we could be only one question away from finding the world's geniuses.
So fellow bloggers go ahead and comment and let me know what glia cell you think the famous wacko Albert Einstein brain contained more of. I am very interested in your thoughts.
Actually in the same video the scientist Douglas Fields does state that it is astrocytes that Einstein had a lot of. The astrocytes broadcasted the neurotransmitters from one neuron to the next. He used the “cell phone” analogy to describe how the astrocytes work., whereas neurons were just like a land line. The glia makes it easier for neurons to communicate. I find this very fascinating and want to know more. Why did he have more glia?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was the glia that made Einstein a genius or maybe not???? Very interesting question... I read that glia were first observed in the 1800's but disregarded as major component of brain activity. Since the research of glia is still considered a "new" field we might have to wait to REALLY know how glia contributes to intelligence. Maybe we will soon know why Einstein was a genius...
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