Scientists create first 3D digital brain (BBC)

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By Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News

Researchers have created the first high-resolution 3D digital model of the human brain, which they have called "Big Brain".

The reconstruction shows the brain's anatomy in microscopic detail, enabling researchers to see features smaller than a strand of hair.

It will be made freely available to neuroscientists to help them in their research.

The model has been published in the journal Science.

The research team had to slice 7,400 sections from the brain of a deceased 65-year-old woman, each half the thickness of a human hair.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22977225




Interesting coincidence that this was posted earlier ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/122819690
Could this possibly set the stage for this woman to be the first human to be "vastened" (to use Frederik Pohl's term)?

[DreamGypsy]

1. The demonstrated visual presentation technology will be a great complementary tool ...

...for the Allen Brain Atlas from the Allen Institute for Brain Science.

A growing collection of online public resources integrating extensive gene expression and neuroanatomical data, complete with a novel suite of search and viewing tools.

They are several tutorial videos that allow visual exploring of human and mouse brains and access to the relevant data. For example:

These technologies are incredible...we can explore the inner workings and chemistry of 'our' brains interactively.