Scientists at Harvard University, Google and elsewhere prepared and analyzed the brain tissue sample. “In the best possible way, it’s the beginning of something very exciting.” “It’s absolutely beautiful,” says neuroscientist Clay Reid at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. This intricate map, named H01 for “human sample 1,” represents a milestone in scientists’ quest to provide ever more detailed descriptions of a brain ( SN: 2/7/14). The map, drawn from a tiny piece of a woman’s brain, charts the varied shapes of 50,000 cells and 130 million connections between them. A new view of the human brain shows its cellular residents in all their wild and weird glory.
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