Bigbrain: An ultra-high resolution 3-D roadmap of the human brain
Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 19:00
in Biology & Nature
A landmark three-dimensional digital reconstruction of a complete human brain, called the BigBrain, now for the first time shows the brain anatomy in microscopic detail -- at a spatial resolution of 20 microns, smaller than the size of one fine strand of hair -- exceeding that of existing reference brains presently in the public domain.