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The hope for detecting Parkinson’s disease much earlier with a simple brain scan

In brains of control mice (left) and PD mice (right), from bottom to top: neuronal activity in a representative animal; cerebral blood flow mapping; fMRI of visual stimulation; fMRI of olfactory ...
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Jaw-dropping 3D scan shows a section of a MOUSE BRAIN

A ground-breaking study shows the most detailed map of a mammal's brain to date. The 3D blueprints display more than two miles of neural wiring, close to 100,000 nerve cells, and about 500 million ...
Associated Press

Scientists map part of a mouse’s brain that’s so complex it looks like a galaxy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they ...
PBS

How a mouse watching 'The Matrix' helped scientists create the largest map of a brain to date

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from "The Matrix," scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In a World First, Researchers Mapped Part of a Mouse’s Brain in Incredible Detail. It’s a Leap Forward for Neuroscience

A subset of more than 1,000 neurons, representing just a snapshot of the complexity mapped within a cubic millimeter of mouse brain tissue Allen Institute In 1979, biologist Francis Crick claimed it ...