Most detailed map of mouse brain includes 5200 different cell types

The most detailed cellular map ever of the mouse brain could deepen our understanding of how the organ evolved in mammals and what goes wrong in certain neurological conditions.

Various research groups had previously mapped hundreds of cell types in the mouse brain, but these were often based on relatively small samples of cells.

To create a more detailed map, Hongkui Zeng At the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, he and his colleagues measured …