Volume electron microscopy

CJ Peddie, C Genoud, A Kreshuk, K Meechan… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Life exists in three dimensions, but until the turn of the century most electron microscopy
methods provided only 2D image data. Recently, electron microscopy techniques capable of …

Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain

S Dorkenwald, A Matsliah, AR Sterling, P Schlegel… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Connections between neurons can be mapped by acquiring and analysing electron
microscopic brain images. In recent years, this approach has been applied to chunks of …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstruction of neocortex: Organelles, compartments, cells, circuits, and activity

NL Turner, T Macrina, JA Bae, R Yang, AM Wilson… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
We assembled a semi-automated reconstruction of L2/3 mouse primary visual cortex from∼
250× 140× 90 μm 3 of electron microscopic images, including pyramidal and non-pyramidal …

Connectomic reconstruction of a female Drosophila ventral nerve cord

A Azevedo, E Lesser, JS Phelps, B Mark, L Elabbady… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
A deep understanding of how the brain controls behaviour requires map** neural circuits
down to the muscles that they control. Here, we apply automated tools to segment neurons …

Functional connectomics spanning multiple areas of mouse visual cortex

MICrONS Consortium, JA Bae, M Baptiste, CA Bishop… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
To understand the brain we must relate neurons' functional responses to the circuit
architecture that shapes them. Here, we present a large functional connectomics dataset …

[HTML][HTML] Neural architectures in the light of comparative connectomics

E Barsotti, A Correia, A Cardona - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the Cambrian, animals diversified from a few body forms or bauplans, into many
extinct and all extant species. A characteristic neural architecture serves each bauplan. How …

Cell-type-specific inhibitory circuitry from a connectomic census of mouse visual cortex

CM Schneider-Mizell, AL Bodor, D Brittain… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mammalian cortex features a vast diversity of neuronal cell types, each with characteristic
anatomical, molecular and functional properties. Synaptic connectivity powerfully shapes …

Ultrastructural differences impact cilia shape and external exposure across cell classes in the visual cortex

CM Ott, R Torres, TS Kuan, A Kuan, JA Buchanan… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
A primary cilium is a membrane-bound extension from the cell surface that contains
receptors for perceiving and transmitting signals that modulate cell state and activity. Primary …

[PDF][PDF] Tools for comprehensive reconstruction and analysis of Drosophila motor circuits

A Azevedo, E Lesser, B Mark, J Phelps, L Elabbady… - BioRxiv, 2022 - scholar.archive.org
Like the vertebrate spinal cord, the insect ventral nerve cord (VNC) mediates limb sensation
and motor control. Here, we applied automated tools for electron microscopy (EM) volume …

CAVE: Connectome annotation versioning engine

S Dorkenwald, CM Schneider-Mizell, D Brittain… - …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Advances in Electron Microscopy, image segmentation and computational infrastructure
have given rise to large-scale and richly annotated connectomic datasets which are …