MouseLight (VIDEO)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Using a high-tech light microscope to view individual neurons, Janelia scientists have created the most detailed view of the mouse brain yet. The work lets researchers follow neurons' winding paths in 3-D. The dataset of 300 neurons is free to download and browse. mouselight.janelia.org

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Janelia Research Campus, MouseLight project team

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