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Marc-Oliver Gewaltig: Disparity processing in mouse visual cortex - A cell atlas for the whole mouse brain

The Blue Brain Project | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland [BERNSTEIN SEMINAR]
When Mar 19, 2019
from 05:15 PM to 06:00 PM
Where Bernstein Center Freiburg, Hansastr. 9a
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Abstract

Despite vast numbers of studies of stained cells in the mouse brain, no current brain atlas provides region-by-region neuron counts. In fact, neuron numbers are only available for about 4% of brain of regions and estimates often vary by as much as three-fold. Here we provide a first 3D cell atlas for the whole mouse brain, showing cell positions constructed algorithmically from whole brain Nissl and gene expression stains, and compared against values from the literature. The atlas provides the densities and positions of all excitatory and inhibitory neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglia in each of the 737 brain regions defined in the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas. The atlas is dynamic, allowing comparison with previously reported numbers, addition of cell types, and improvement of estimates as new data is integrated. The atlas also provides insights into cellular organization only possible at this whole brain scale, and is publicly available. Moreover, it can be used as a starting point for large scale brain models.

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