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Despite all our cells sharing the same DNA, there are thousands of different cell types in the human brain, each with a unique structure and function. One longstanding problem in neuroscience is determining how genes are switched on and off to form t

In the past 10 years, the city of San Diego has handed out more than five million parking citations. The biggest hotspots for parking citations are the Gaslamp and Mission Beach, which account for more than half of all tickets from 2012 to 2022. Then, the Environmental Protection Agency is giving a boost to San Diego efforts to improve chronic air quality problems in the region. And the Brain Initiative has just published 21 papers in the journal Science, revealing what some call a preliminary \...

San Diego researchers working with a global consortium are starting to understand what cells comprise the human brain and how they work.

Examining the human brain at the cellular level in more detail than ever before, scientists have identified an enormous array of cell types \u2014 more than 3,300 \u2014 populating our most complex organ, creating an atlas that may help pinpoint the cellular basis of neurological diseases and facilitate new therapeutics.

A new atlas of the human brain could help explain abilities like language – and vulnerabilities, like Alzheimer's disease.

A student has cracked a method for reading charred, unopenable scrolls from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Plus, how to build Moon roads using focused beams of sunlight, and the largest-ever atlas of the human brain. A student has cracked a method for reading charred, unopenable scrolls from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Plus, how to build Moon roads using focused beams of sunlight, and the largest-ever atlas of the human brain.

Ambitious research yields new atlas of human brain cells

Researchers catalogue more than 3,000 different types of cell in our most complex organ

<p>Salk scientists, as a part of a larger National Institute of Health’s <em>Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative </em>collaboration, analyzed more than half a million brain cells from three human brains to identify previously unknown brain cell subtypes. Their research paves the way for understanding how certain brain cell types go awry in brain disorders and diseases.</p>

Researchers catalogue more than 3,000 different types of cell in our most complex organ. Researchers catalogue more than 3,000 different types of cell in our most complex organ.