Neurons labeled green in a human brain slice (credit: Allen Institute)October 12, 2023 03:35 PM EDTUpdated 03:46 PM R&DIn FocusMost detailed human brain map yet is ‘laying the foundation for finding future cures’Ryan CrossSenior Science CorrespondentScientists have published the most detailed catalog yet of the human brain’s billions of cells and how their genes are...
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Scientists built the largest-ever map of the human brain. Here’s what they found
October 16, 20235:01 AM ET Jon Hamilton Scientists are one step closer to understanding the 170 billion brain cells that allow us to walk, talk, and think. A newly published atlas offers the most detailed maps yet of the location, structure, and, in some cases, function of more than 3,000 types of brain cells. “We...
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Pinpointing consciousness in animal brain using mouse “brain map”
Science may be one step closer to understanding where consciousness resides in the brain. A new study shows the importance of certain types of neural connections in identifying consciousness. The research, published in Cerebral Cortex, was led by Jun Kitazono, a corresponding author and a project researcher in the Department of General Systems Studies at the University...
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qBrain: Mapping out brain similarities and differences
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Associate Professor Pavel Osten and his lab map brain connections and catalog different cell types throughout the brain in a quantitative brain-wide (qBrain) catalog. qBrain combines several techniques developed by CSHL and other scientists to label, preserve, image, visualize, count automatically, and trace cells. With these methods, the researchers can standardize a 3D map of the...
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Team constructs whole-brain map of electrical connections key to forming memories
A team of neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has constructed the first whole-brain map of electrical connectivity in the brain based on data from nearly 300 neurosurgical patients with electrodes implanted directly on the brain. The researchers found that low-frequency rhythms of brain activity, when brain waves move up and down slowly, primarily drive...