Columns of Cortex (IMAGE)

Picower Institute at MIT

Columns of Cortex

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A distinct thicket of vessels and myelin fibers are evident in each of six color coded visual processing regions in the cortex of a mouse. The columns are formed by stacking images taken at 5-micron increments through a millimeter of depth in each of the regions.

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Sur Lab/MIT Picower Institute

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