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Dense connectomic reconstruction in layer 4 of the somatosensory cortex
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Brain anatomy revealed in startling detail: The mammalian cerebral cortex is an enormously complex network of neuronal processes that are long and thin, branching, and extremely densely packed. This high packing density has made the reconstruction of cortical neuronal networks challenging. Motta et al. used advanced automated imaging and analysis tools to reconstruct with high spatial resolution the morphological features of 89 neurons and their connections in the mouse barrel cortex. The reconstruction covered an area more than two orders of magnitude larger than earlier neuroanatomical mapping attempts. This approach revealed information about the connectivity of inhibitory and excitatory synapses of corticocortical as well as excitatory thalamocortical connections. Science , this issue p. eaay3134
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Metadata
- Authors
- Motta, A., Berning, M., Boergens, K. M., Staffler, B., Beining, M., Loomba, S., Hennig, P., Wissler, H., & Helmstaedter, M.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Institute for Brain Research (DE)
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Motta, Alessandro
- Berning, Manuel
- Boergens, Kevin M.
- Staffler, Benedikt
- Wissler, Heiko
- ORCID
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2019-11-29
- Volume
- 366
- Issue
- 6469
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2982268628
- Cited by
- 333
- References
- 101
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 62 · 2023: 55 · 2022: 60 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 18.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Keywords
- connectome reconstruction, barrel cortex, layer 4, somatosensory cortex, mice, Hebbian synaptic plasticity, long-term potentiation, neural circuits, 3D electron microscopy
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Axons, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Microscopy, Electron, Neurons, Somatosensory Cortex, Synapses, Neuropil, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Mice, Connectome
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