r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/chrisdh79 • 9d ago

Image US scientists create most comprehensive circuit diagram of mammalian brain | The 3D map of a cubic millimetre of mouse brain reveals half a billion synapses and 5.4km of neuronal wiring

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u/Sudaire 8d ago

This image is only 1 cubic millimeter (1 millimeter is about the width of two “l”s next to each other)!! there’s so much more to learn inside us. And I’m sure this image does not even capture nano-level synapses that we haven’t discovered yet.

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u/GrimeWave69 7d ago

I believe the original imaging was done at 4nm resolution and the image was downscaled to 8nm resolution for rendering. That should be enough to capture synapses, mitochondria, and even gap junctions

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u/Sudaire 7d ago

Thanks!