Friday, March 02, 2007

Deconstructing Brain Wiring, One Neuron at a Time

Source: Salk Institute
Date: March 2, 2007

Summary:

Researchers have long said they won’t be able to understand the brain until they can put together a “wiring diagram” – a map of how billions of neurons are interconnected. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have jumped what many believe to be a major hurdle to preparing that chart: identifying all of the connections to a single neuron.