Neural Mapping: Understanding How the Cerebellum Is Wired

Neural Mapping: Understanding How the Cerebellum Is Wired

Collections: Image Award Winners

2012 Award Winner

Praneeth Namburi, Panli Zuo and George Augustine
IBRO-KIST Summer School, Korea Institute of Science and Technology;

MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

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The brain's computational power comes from tens of billions of neurons forming hundreds of trillions of connections with one another.  Here, researchers work to understand wiring in the cerebellum by stimulating interneurons (green) and observing how many Purkinje cells (red) are activated as a result.

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Praneeth Namburi explains how and why he captured his image of neural connectivity in the cerebellum.