Blue Brain solves a century-old neuroscience problem
Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 19:10
in Biology & Nature
New research explains how the shapes of neurons can be classified using mathematical methods from the field of algebraic topology. Neuroscientists can now start building a formal catalogue for all the types of cells in the brain. Onto this catalogue of cells, they can systematically map the function and role in disease of each type of neuron in the brain.