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Dates: during 2009-2009
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...wiring of the brain changes, we have to figure out how things are wired,” Lichtman says. “Brainbow gives us an idea of how things are organized.” Lichtman’s group recently mapped only the second “connectome??—a group of neurons dedicated to a single function—in history. The image showed neurons for a particular mouse muscle were inexplicably longer than necessary—strongly suggesting an alternative use for the pathway.The brainbow’s bursts of color belie what...

Author: By Paul C. Mathis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Unraveling Nerves, Understanding the Brain | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

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