A new map of 56,000 cells in the outer layer of the human brain could inform research into a whole class of diseases.

Much brain research in mice focuses on the neocortex, responsible for higher cognitive function. It might seem reasonable to assume that much of the brain’s cellular complexity appears here.

Researchers built a 3D image of nearly every neuron and its connections within a small piece of human brain tissue. This version shows excitatory neurons colored by their depth from the surface of ...

From the smallest fragment of brain tissue, the intricate blueprint of the entire brain is beginning to emerge. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are making several time-consuming aspects of ...

The largest and most comprehensive 3D map of a mammalian brain to date offers an unprecedented insight into how neurons connect and function. The new map, which captures a cubic millimetre of a ...

Harvard and Google researchers have collaborated to map a tiny fragment of an adult human brain in unprecedented detail.

A new three-dimensional map called BigBrain is the most detailed ever constructed, and should lead to a more accurate picture of how the brain’s different regions function and interact.

The brain diagram, called a connectome, could revolutionize researchers' understanding of the human brain, which has many parallels with a fruit fly's ...