OT?: A cubic milimeter human brain mapped in exquisite detail

[Jan Panteltje]

A fragment of human brain, mapped in exquisite detail
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240509155503.htm
Source:
Harvard University
Summary:
Researchers have created the largest synaptic-resolution, 3D reconstruction of a piece of human brain to date,
showing in vivid detail each cell and its web of neural connections in a piece of human temporal cortex about half the size of a rice grain.

More in it than I expected :-)
quote:
"A cubic millimeter of brain tissue may not sound like much.
But considering that tiny square contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 million synapses,
all amounting to 1,400 terabytes of data,
"
Next generation of micro chips?

[boB]

Post by Jan Panteltje
A fragment of human brain, mapped in exquisite detail
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240509155503.htm
Harvard University
Researchers have created the largest synaptic-resolution, 3D reconstruction of a piece of human brain to date,
showing in vivid detail each cell and its web of neural connections in a piece of human temporal cortex about half the size of a rice grain.
More in it than I expected :-)
"A cubic millimeter of brain tissue may not sound like much.
But considering that tiny square contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 million synapses,
all amounting to 1,400 terabytes of data,
"
Next generation of micro chips?

So where can we view the map ?

[Jeff Layman]

Post by boB

Post by Jan Panteltje
A fragment of human brain, mapped in exquisite detail
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240509155503.htm
Harvard University
Researchers have created the largest synaptic-resolution, 3D reconstruction of a piece of human brain to date,
showing in vivid detail each cell and its web of neural connections in a piece of human temporal cortex about half the size of a rice grain.
More in it than I expected :-)
"A cubic millimeter of brain tissue may not sound like much.
But considering that tiny square contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 million synapses,
all amounting to 1,400 terabytes of data,
"
Next generation of micro chips?

So where can we view the map ?

Partial access at <https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4858>,
with some more info available to download at
<https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4858#supplementary-materials>.

[boB]

Post by Jeff Layman

Post by boB

Post by Jan Panteltje
A fragment of human brain, mapped in exquisite detail
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240509155503.htm
Harvard University
Researchers have created the largest synaptic-resolution, 3D reconstruction of a piece of human brain to date,
showing in vivid detail each cell and its web of neural connections in a piece of human temporal cortex about half the size of a rice grain.
More in it than I expected :-)
"A cubic millimeter of brain tissue may not sound like much.
But considering that tiny square contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 million synapses,
all amounting to 1,400 terabytes of data,
"
Next generation of micro chips?

So where can we view the map ?

Partial access at <https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4858>,
with some more info available to download at
<https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4858#supplementary-materials>.

That's cool !

I imaging we'll be able to see a better rendition of it later maybe in
3D. That would be pretty neat.

boB

[Liz Tuddenham]

Jan Panteltje <***@comet.invalid> wrote:

[...]

quote: "A cubic millimeter of brain tissue may not sound like much. But
considering that tiny square contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of
blood vessels, and 150 million synapses, all amounting to 1,400 terabytes
of data, "

A 'science' journalist who doesn't know the difference between a square
and a cube? That's really two-dimensional thinking!