Neurons in the cerebral cortex (IMAGE) University of Göttingen Caption Ecker and his team want to develop machine learning techniques to describe the shape and function of neurons in the cerebral cortex and find out how the shape relates to the function. Credit MICrONS Consortium Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.