A Comprehensive Map of the Whole Brain

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This set of paper really sets the foundation, and i lay out a rold map that it will allow us to reach this comprehensive map of the entire brain in the at to distant future. So does first aspect of it, and then secondly, back to the moto cortex itself, we identify the several major principles for the organization of sou types in that region. The distinction between different south types is very robust, very clear. But when you go down to the more refined branches of the hierarchical tree, the distinction between the more detailed types becomes a fuzzier.

AI weather forecasters, mapping the human brain and the 2021 science Nobel prizes.

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00:52 Improving the accuracy of weather forecasts with AI

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08:02 Research Highlights

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10:29 A map of the motor cortex

A group of researchers are undertaking an enormous task: to make a cellular atlas of the entire brain. This week, they publish a suite of papers that has accomplished this feat for one part of the brain — the motor cortex.

Research Article: BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network

News and Views: A census of cell types in the brain’s motor cortex

Editorial: Neuroscientists make strides towards deciphering the human brain

17:58 Nobel News

Flora Graham from the Nature Briefing joins us to talk about the winners of this year’s science Nobels.

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