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This is the Spindle Neuron, also known as the von Economo neuron.
These cells named after Constantin von Economo,
A Romanian psychiatrist and neurologist who was the first to describe these cells in 1925.
These neurons control emotions, self-monitoring and self awareness.
These cells are mainly housed in bodies with large brains.
Though only 15 percent of Spindle neurons are in the human body at birth,
the matured human body contains about 193,000 spindle neurons,
just in the Frontal Insular Cortex!