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A massive suite of papers offers a high-res view of the human and non-human primate brain.

The comprehensive collection of 21 studies attempts to map all the brain’s cell types and offers hope of one day being able to trace brain diseases to their genetic roots.

The catalog of 3,000 cell types could be a game-changer for personalized medicine and animal models.

About 3,000 different types of cells live in our brains, and scientists are starting to better understand their roles in health and disease.

Compared to other imaging modalities like X-rays or CT scans, MRI scans provide high-quality soft tissue contrast. Unfortunately, MRI is highly sensitive to motion, with even the smallest of movements resulting in image artifacts. These artifacts put

MIT researchers develop an algorithm combining deep learning and physics for motion correction in MRI scans of the brain. Experts say this could help children, elderly, and people with psychiatric or neurological disorders who may have difficulty staying still during an MRI scanning session.

By combining single-cell sequencing with methods to map the spatial location of gene expression, scientists are unravelling the extraordinary cellular diversity of the brain. By combining single-cell sequencing with methods to map the spatial location of gene expression, scientists are unravelling the extraordinary cellular diversity of the brain.

The organizers are likening the international collaboration, which will also create atlases of the macaque and marmoset brain, to a Human Genome Project for the brain.

First Person: Hongkui Zeng

LA JOLLA—Salk Institute researchers have developed a new genomic technology to simultaneously analyze the DNA, RNA and chromatin—a combination of DNA and