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Scientists Begin Mapping the Brain

Posted by kdawson on from the writing-it-down-in-silicon dept.

Raindance writes "A team at the University of Utah has unveiled a system to map and digitize brain tissue — thus fulfilling one of the long-standing holy grails of neuroscience and enabling for the first time in-depth analysis of how mammalian neural networks function. So far, maps for the entire retina and related neural networks have been released; no ETA on a full-brain digital reconstruction yet. (One of the lead authors hangs out here on Slashdot.)"

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  1. Re:This is a great achievement... by MrEricSir · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you serious? There are plenty of samples of digitized vaginal tissue on the internet already. Many require credit cards, however.

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  2. Re:The inevitable result... by AmonTheMetalhead · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that you Rimmer?

  3. Re:This is a great achievement... by lessthan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whooo! Best diet plan ever!!!

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