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Neural Cartography: Scientists Provide a Detailed Map of Brain Synapses
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Steve Burgess
May 11, 2024
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Brain Slice
If our brains were pizza, we now know what one slice is made of. Neuroscientists charted a cubic millimeter of human brain tissue.
Brain tissue donated by epilepsy surgery patient
~150 million synapses mapped
Sample = 1/1,000,000th of a human brain
Assembling the map of ~5,000 microscopic layers took a whole year. The results are publicly available for research to accelerate our understanding of our own minds. Can’t wait to see which neural connections created st3v!
Source: PopSci
AI (yai yai)
ChatGPT tries stand-up comedy. How do you think it did?
The results are now publicly available. So if you ever wanted to browse a brain on your lunch break, now’s your chance!
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