Kagi summary: Researchers have created the most detailed 3D map of a small piece of human brain tissue, tracing every neuron, synapse, blood vessel, and supporting cell in a cubic millimeter...
Kagi summary:
Researchers have created the most detailed 3D map of a small piece of human brain tissue, tracing every neuron, synapse, blood vessel, and supporting cell in a cubic millimeter volume. This "connectome" is a massive 1.4 petabyte dataset that reveals new insights about the brain's structure and complexity, including the discovery of rare, super-strong neuronal connections and mysterious axon whorls. While this partial map represents just one-millionth of the total brain volume, it provides an unprecedented window into the human brain and could spur new discoveries about neurological disorders and the origins of behavior. The researchers plan to create more brain maps to enable comparisons and gain a fuller understanding, though a complete human connectome remains an immense challenge given current technologies.
Kagi summary:
Researchers have created the most detailed 3D map of a small piece of human brain tissue, tracing every neuron, synapse, blood vessel, and supporting cell in a cubic millimeter volume. This "connectome" is a massive 1.4 petabyte dataset that reveals new insights about the brain's structure and complexity, including the discovery of rare, super-strong neuronal connections and mysterious axon whorls. While this partial map represents just one-millionth of the total brain volume, it provides an unprecedented window into the human brain and could spur new discoveries about neurological disorders and the origins of behavior. The researchers plan to create more brain maps to enable comparisons and gain a fuller understanding, though a complete human connectome remains an immense challenge given current technologies.Smithsonian Magazine article (good overview of other write-ups and interviews, but only one pretty picture): Scientists Imaged and Mapped a Tiny Piece of Human Brain. Here’s What They Found
Google Research blog post: Ten years of neuroscience at Google yields maps of human brain
The study (not open access): A petavoxel fragment of human cerebral cortex reconstructed at nanoscale resolution
The dataset: A Browsable Petascale Reconstruction of the Human Cortex