Reconstructed Neurons (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Reconstructed Neurons

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The fruit fly brain contains roughly 100,000 neurons, which can now be traced in detail using a dataset that includes roughly 21 million images. Janelia scientists traced the paths of neurons (colored threads) that reach out to the mushroom body, a region involved in memory and learning.

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Z. Zheng et al./<i>Cell</i> 2018

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