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Is the brain involved in every neural transmission that results in behavior? Are there some behaviors that do involve the brain and some that don't? What are the differences between them?

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1. Is the brain involved in every neural transmission that results in behavior? Are there some behaviors that do involve the brain and some that don't?

Neurons are electrically excitable cells in the nervous system that process and transmit information. Neurons are the core components of ...

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