Carla Shatz She Seeks the Brain's Secrets

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Like everyone else, Carla Shatz once had a head full of immature neurons. Somehow those latent cells wired themselves into the fantastically organized complexity of the adult brain. When and how did it happen? Shatz, the first woman to chair Harvard's prestigious department of neurobiology, has spent almost three decades delving into these questions. She shared her answers with Discover Associate Editor Josie Glausiusz.

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