Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
It was a book that originally piqued my interest in neuroscience and in the ten years I’ve studied neuro, what I’ve learned from books has stuck with me longer than what I’ve learned in classes, lectures, conferences. Why do books stick with us? Perhaps well-written books are crafted for the structure of our minds—connecting newly […]
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Tags: Books, Neuroscience, psychology, Reading
The connectome is a map of all neural connections in a brain, which I believe only currently exists for the flatworm C. Elegans. Seung’s group and collaborators are working using serial electron microscopy, and partially automated EM analysis and the crowdsourcing site eyewire to reconstruct parts of the mouse retina, with the hope of steadily improving technologies […]
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Tags: Connectomics, Connectopathy, Development, Electron Microscopy, Neuroscience, Wiring
Ben Kuebrich
Neuroamer 