Most detailed map of mouse brain includes 5200 different types of cell

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Researchers person mapped compartment types successful a mouse's brain, which could assistance america pinpoint the cells to people erstwhile treating assorted aesculapian conditions

By Carissa Wong

Cell types successful  a mouse's brain, coloured according to their subclass

Cell types successful a mouse’s brain, coloured according to their type

Cindy van Velthoven

The astir elaborate cellular representation of a mouse’s encephalon to day could deepen our knowing of however the organ evolved successful mammals and what goes incorrect successful definite neurological conditions.

Various probe groups person antecedently mapped hundreds of compartment types crossed the rodent brain, but these were often based connected a comparatively tiny illustration of cells.

To make a much elaborate map, Hongkui Zeng astatine the Allen Institute for Brain Science successful Seattle and her colleagues measured the …

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