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Cover: A brain on a line: Hippocampal neurons grown in culture in a long, thin strip (170 micrometers by 80 millimeters) form a one-dimensional model for neuronal activity and signal propagation.   Photo by Dr. Ofer Feinerman in the lab of Prof. Elisha Moses.
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