In case of neurons, specialization is not so much structural as functional, and the function is determined by the location inside the brain; it is, then, not a

In case of neurons, specialization is not so much structural as functional, and the function is determined by the location inside the brain; it is, then, not a single cell that is “conscious” but an entire system (plexus) of cells. This is analogous to a single transistor vs. the circuit it is part of.