Connectomics, a rapidly evolving field in neuroscience, is transforming our understanding of the brain’s intricate network of neural connections. By mapping these complex pathways, scientists aim to ...

This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Brain connectomics. Narrative review articles are also welcomed, to our sister journal Scientific Reviews. For further information, ...

Congruent to its expansive achievements with AI, novel hardware, and robust cloud computing services, Google has been investing significant resources into an area of science that isn’t as frequently ...

For decades, textbooks told students the human brain held roughly 100 billion neurons and that glial cells outnumbered them ...

Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies. Making sense of this ...

In 2005, few neuroscientists would have bet that electron microscopy could map entire neural circuits in three dimensions. The technique was slow and cumbersome, offering only thin slices of brain ...

In the brain, neurons with diverse morphology and gene expression are wired into complex neural circuits. These circuits are specialized across species to enable behaviors best suited to each animal's ...

Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies. Making sense of this ...

For the past decade, a research team led by a Duke professor has been developing a platform to convert 2D MRI brain scans into interactive 3D holographic visualizations to assist brain surgeons. With ...

"AI lets us turn the vast complexity of the human brain into clear, actionable intelligence," said Stephen Scheeler, CEO of ...