Sir Richard Faull. Photo: Sonia Sly/RNZ.
The human brain has more than 90 billion cells, which generally work together in harmony. Sir Richard Faull has spent his career studying them. He's the country's pre-eminent neuroscience, and next month will retire as Director of the Centre for Brain Research at the University of Auckland which he founded in 2009. Sir Richard was also behind the establishment of the brain bank, and groundbreaking research into neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers, Parkinson's and Huntington's. So what do we know now about the incredible organ that is the brain? And what remains a mystery?
