A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section of a mammalian brain. This feat, part of the MICrONS Project, rivals the ...

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memory formation hinges on connections between groups of engram cells, which are neurons thought to capture and store ...

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