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UrduScientists working in connectomics are creating comprehensive maps of how neurons connect to one another
Tag: connectomics
Contrary to expectations, study finds primate neurons have fewer synapses than mice in visual cortex
A UChicago and Argonne National Laboratory study analyzing over 15,000 individual synapses in macaques and mice found that primate neurons have two to five times fewer synapses in the visual cortex compared to mice – and the difference may be due to the metabolic cost of maintaining synapses.