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Connectomics: Mapping the Brain

December 9, 2013March 5, 2017 knowingneurons Brain, connectome, Connectomics, Electron Microscope, Human Connectome Project, Jeff Lichtman, TED

The human brain is filled with approximately 100 billion neurons, each of which makes a multitude of connections to neighboring neurons. The diversity of these neurons and vast interconnections facilitate… Read more

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Imaging the Brain with Sculpted Light

October 16, 2013March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 2013, 3D, Brain mapping, Brain-wide 3D imaging of neuronal activity in Caenorhabditis elegans with sculpted light, C. elegans, Ganglia, GCaMP5, High speed, Human Connectome Project, Imaging, Nature Methods, nematode, Optogenetics

Perhaps the biggest goal in neuroscience is to understand how individual neurons interact with each other in both space and time. The more detailed our understanding of complex neural networks… Read more