All components get distorted and squished, making it nearly impossible to realign them into a brain map. As a workaround, the team developed MEGAtome, a vibratome that can slice through large and soft ...

Researchers from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and their colleagues have created the world's first map of ...

The Human Genome Project has led to profound ... including some cancers. With a functional map of the brain, researchers say they now have the ability to understand the brain’s form and function ...

“If we map things at a very high resolution ... particularly as this is the first publicly available wiring diagram of the human brain at subcellular level. Both Berger and Lichtman emphasized ...

A new package of papers examines the largest map yet of mammalian brain tissue. The map shows one cubic millimeter worth of ...

“The collaborations across diverse areas of expertise in this type of team science consortium have brought the Drosophila brain map to light at an unprecedented pace, paving the way for detailed maps ...

Now, scientists have created a detailed map of how the human brain functions during the process. Using data from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a team from Massachusetts Institute ...

Previous landmark maps from a roundworm and fruit fly contained a fraction of the total neurons and synapses included in the new release. The only study comparable in volume mapped the human cortex, ...

a step toward one day producing an intricate map of the human brain that will aid in understanding and potentially treating numerous health conditions such as Parkinson’s, binge eating ...

The human brain is known to contain a wide range of cell types, which have different roles and functions. The processes via ...

Such cognitive maps were later localized to neurons in a brain region called the hippocampus 3, which is known from human studies to be crucial for the formation of autobiographical memories.