Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian ... sample the size of a grain of sand bearing more than 200,000 cells including roughly 84,000 nerve cells, ...

In all, they collected data that covers about 3.4 miles (5.4 kilometers) of neuronal wiring in a part of the brain that processes visual information from the eyes. Listen to Story They worked out the ...

The Schwann cell precursor (SCP) represents the first step in the process of gliogenesis in growing nerves. In addition to generating Schwann cells, these cells are likely to provide essential ...

So his team created four different brain organoids, spherical clumps of human nerve cells that grow in a dish. Pasca says the team coaxed each organoid to resemble one specific type of brain or spinal ...

So his team created four different brain organoids, spherical clumps of human nerve cells that grow in a dish. Pasca says the team coaxed each organoid to resemble one specific type of brain or ...