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More model informationA 3D model of closely bundled pyramidal neurons running through cortical layer 5 of a mammalian brain; each neuron has been colored differently to distinguish them. Researchers have undertaken the construction of “connectomes” that map all the synaptic connections within the brains of several species, including humans.
Read the associated article: New Brain Maps Can Predict Behaviors
Art direction by Olena Shmahalo for Quanta Magazine; source: Daniel Berger and Jeff Lichtman/Lichtman Lab at Harvard University
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