News "Big Brain".

[Notebook]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22977225

Researchers have created the first high-resolution 3D digital model of the human brain, which they have called "Big Brain".
The reconstruction shows the brain's anatomy in microscopic detail, enabling researchers to see features smaller than a strand of hair.
It will be made freely available to neuroscientists to help them in their research.
The model has been published in the journal Science.

 

[Eccentrus]

is this the results from the Human Connectome Project? neat!

 

[Alfastar]

This is a good step in science

 

[Artlav]

I can't find - does this model show neural connections or not?
Does not sound detailed enough for individual neurons.

Also, who is the poor man/woman who's brain was scanned, and what did he/she died of?

 

[Urwumpe]

Also, who is the poor man/woman who's brain was scanned, and what did he/she died of?

Woman. 65 years old, exact cause of death is not public. Seems to be of old age though.

 

[RisingFury]

Is it UMMU compatible?

 

[Alfastar]

Is it UMMU compatible?

Maybe when UMMU 4.0 is released on a day :lol: