Carmen Estrada, neuroscientist: ‘Science and God cannot coexist’

Carmen Estrada, neuroscientist: ‘Science and God cannot coexist’

For most of her career, the physiologist Carmen Estrada, 74, dedicated herself to scientific research, specializing in the blood supply of the brain and its ability to form new neurons throughout life. “The more we exercise a function, the more neurons are recruited, so we can model our brain,” she says. After retiring, this native of Seville, in southern Spain, turned her career around: she studied and graduated in Greek philology. After publis…