Scientists complete largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date
The MICrONS Project is considered the most complicated neuroscience experiment ever attempted
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Revealing the largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain through MICrONS
Scientists have created the largest wiring diagram and functional map of an animal brain
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Attempting the impossible: A 20-year journey to learn the language of the brain
In what is considered the most complicated neuroscience experiment ever attempted, scientists from the Allen Institute and global collaborators have...
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