Scientists Unveil Most Detailed Neural Map of a Mammalian Brain

How nature makes a complex brain — and why humans may not be so special after all : Short Wave

A recent series of studies suggests that the brains of birds, reptiles and mammals all evolved independently — even though they share a common ancestor. That means evolution has found more than one way to make a complex brain, and human brains may not be quite as special as we think. To learn more about this, we talk to Fernando García-Moreno about this series of studies he co-authored that came out in Science in February. Want to hear more abou…

Scientists reveal advance in brain research once thought impossible

From a cubic millimeter of tissue, scientists constructed a precise, 3D map of the activity in a mouse’s brain, detailing 84,000 neurons and more than 500 million synapses.

IARPA Research Achieves the Impossible in New Breakthrough Revealing the Brain's Biggest Mysteries

In a scientific feat once deemed “impossible,” researchers have mapped the most detailed wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date, revealing a never-before-seen level of intricacy in how neurons connect and communicate.  In a groundbreaking study funded by the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), scientists from the MICrONS Consortium harnessed advanced imaging and computational tools to uncover the intric…

Watching The Matrix lit up this mouse’s brain. That’s good news for our health

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from The Matrix, scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they fire off messages.

Scientists create biggest mammalian brain map ever

The NewsScientists created the biggest mammalian brain map ever — detailing just a cubic millimeter, or 0.2%, of a mouse brain. The 3D diagram captures more than 2.5 miles of wiring between more than 200,000 cells. It also maps neuronal activity on top of the wiring, an achievement that one scientist told Nature “really gives you an awe about the sense of complexity in the brain,” comparable to “looking up at the stars of night.” The work has al…

After making a mouse watch 'The Matrix', scientists create the largest 3D brain map ever

Scientists have mapped the largest connectome — a 3D chart of brain cells and their links — by analysing a cubic millimetre of a mouse’s brain, roughly the size of a grain of sand. The dataset includes 200,000 cells and 523 million synaptic connections.