Talk:Spindle neuron
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I removed the following passage for two reasons:
"By shunting concentrated neural signals through these giant neurons, and past dampening interference, holonomic focus is thought to be more sharply defined (see 'Holographic Brain Theory')."
First it was sandwiched between passages about John Allman's research, which has nothing to do with the above; second, it was complete nonsense. If this is to be included anywhere in the article, it should be qualified by some explanation and relevant research.
-Ryan
I'd like to suggest a revision. Due to the recent study in Anatomical Studies, the sentences regarding the humpback have been added. For completeness, I offer this quote: "Patrick Hof and Estel Van der Gucht of the Department of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York studied the spindle cells said they appear in the same areas (cortex) in humpback whales, fin whales, killer whales, and sperm whales." And this link (http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005646165). Snakespeare 21:01, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Von Economo Neurons = Spindle Neurons?
There is a page on Von Economo neurons. If these two cells are just synonyms, it would be good to do away with that little article and include the "Von Economo" name here; maybe add some phrase on the history-of-their-discovery. --CopperKettle 10:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
- Support. My understanding is that they are synonymous with the caveat that those trying to push the Von Economo name are associated with Von Economo. Selket Talk 14:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
- But Constantin von Economo (1876–1931) had left us more than 70 years ago. I doubt anyone has any unworthy interest in "pushing" for the name - even John Allman frequently uses the eponymous name for the neuron. Is he Constantine's distant relative? I think not. (0: So, if the names are indeed synonymous, I think it would be best to do a "historical" section and include "Von Economo neuron" as a secondary synonym for spindle neuron - so all those googling for it will not miss Wikipedia. (0: --CopperKettle 15:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
- Support. sallison 22:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- Support. Assuming they are the same. It needs to to appear as a valid alternate name--I found it being used in a recent Science article (Mar 2 2007 p. 1208-11), which is clearly a prominent publication.--Lostart 22:59, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article needs to be cleaned up to be consistent with recent info on whales
The existence of spindle neurons in whales is mentioned in the introduction to the article, but the rest of the article ignores this new information. In particular, the section on Evolutionary Significance makes statements that appear to be inconsistent with the existence of spindle cells in whales. Dr.enh 04:14, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
