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For the first time ever, an international team F of researchers has created a complete cell atlas of a whole mammalian brain.

This atlas serves as a map for the mouse brain, describing the type, location, and molecular information of more than 32 million cells and providing information on connectivity between these cells. The mouse is the most commonly used vertebrate experimental model in neuroscience research, and this cellular map paves the way for a greater understanding of the human brain arguably the most powerful computer in the world.

The cell atlas also lays the foundation for the development of a new generation of precision therapeutics for people with mental and neurological disorders of the brain.

The cell atlas describes the types of cells in each region of the mouse brain and their organization within those regions.

In addition to this structural information, the cell atlas provides an incredibly detailed catalog of the cell's transcriptome the complete set of gene readouts in a cell, which contains instructions for making proteins and other cellular products.