Video: 3-D Image Shows Brain's Circuitry In Highest Resolution Ever
A new brain imaging method highlights all the synapses in a mouse cortex, allowing scientists to count these connections between nerve cells in the brain with unprecedented detail. The high-resolution synapse map could help neurologists better understand how brain cells communicate. A human cerebral cortex holds about 125 trillion synapses, which are connections among neurons, packed into an ultra-thin layer of tissue. That's equivalent to the number of stars in 1,500 Milky Way galaxies, according to Stanford professor Stephen Smith. These electrical interfaces, found throughout the brain, control all our thinking, feeling and movement. Related ArticlesTED Talk: Laser Control of Headless Fruit Flies Uncovers Secrets of the MindThe Human Connectome Project Is a First-of-its-Kind Map of the Brain's CircuitryDigital Rat Brain Spontaneously Develops Organized Neuron Patterns TagsScience, Rebecca Boyle, brain, brain imaging, green fluorescent protein, mice, neurons, neuroscience, synapsesThe sheer number of synapses makes it nearly impossible to see them - even...