Scientists complete largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date

From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the brain. In 1979, famed molecular biologist, Francis Crick, stated that it would be “[impossible] to create an exact wiring diagram for a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and the way all its neurons are firing.” But during the last seven years, a global team of more than 150 neuroscientists and…

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