The Mind of a Mouse

Cell. 2020 Sep 17;182(6):1372-1376. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.010.

Abstract

Large scientific projects in genomics and astronomy are influential not because they answer any single question but because they enable investigation of continuously arising new questions from the same data-rich sources. Advances in automated mapping of the brain's synaptic connections (connectomics) suggest that the complicated circuits underlying brain function are ripe for analysis. We discuss benefits of mapping a mouse brain at the level of synapses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Connectome / methods*
  • Mice
  • Nerve Net / physiology*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Synapses / physiology*