Stunning images show the most detailed map of the brain ever produced, revealing each of the 50 million connections which allow for complex behaviour.

Incredible 3D diagram lets you zoom into a brain like Google Maps. By Joshua Hawkins. Published Oct 5th, 2024 9:01AM EDT. Image: Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images.

A global team has constructed the most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date. A global collaboration of over 150 researchers has created the most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian ...

Matthew Leming, Ph.D., and Hyungsoon Im, Ph.D. of the Center for Systems Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, are the ...

Some of the key ingredients include an incredibly powerful magnet (most clinical MRIs rely on a 1.5 to 3 Tesla magnet; Johnson’s team uses a 9.4 Tesla magnet), a special set of gradient coils that are ...

It is the most complete diagram to date, with most other “connectomes” (a map of synapse connections within a brain) only showing a small region and not the entire organ.