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In a World First, Researchers Mapped Part of a Mouse's Brain in Incredible Detail. It's a Leap Forward for Neuroscience
2025-04-29 20:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
The 3D brain map includes more than 200,000 cells, 523 million synapses and over two miles of axons, representing the most detailed wiring diagram of a piece of mammal brain ever constructed Margherita Bassi - Daily Correspondent April 10, 2025 Get our newsletter! Get our newsletter! In 1979, biologist Francis Crick claimed it would be impossible to create an accurate diagram of the brains wiring and neuronal activityeven within just a cubic millimeter of brain tissue. Now, a team of more than 150 researchers has proven him wrong by mapping a tiny portion of a mouses brain.As detailed in a collection of ten studies published Wednesday in Nature journals, the team of interdisciplinary scientists participating in the Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks (MICrONS) project have mapped the wiring and visual functions of a piece of mouse brain roughly the size of a grain of sand. This monumental effort represents the most detailed wiring diagram of a mammal brain ever, and it holds...
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