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Mapping brain circuitry with a light microscope.

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An overview of the present state and future opportunities in charting long-range and local connectivity in the entire mouse brain and in linking brain circuits to function is presented.
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The beginning of the 21st century has seen a renaissance in light microscopy and anatomical tract tracing that together are rapidly advancing our understanding of the form and function of neuronal circuits. The introduction of instruments for automated imaging of whole mouse brains, new cell type–specific and trans-synaptic tracers, and computational methods for handling the whole-brain data sets has opened the door to neuroanatomical studies at an unprecedented scale. We present an overview of the present state and future opportunities in charting long-range and local connectivity in the entire mouse brain and in linking brain circuits to function.

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Scalable volumetric imaging for ultrahigh-speed brain mapping at synaptic resolution

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A deep learning algorithm for 3D cell detection in whole mouse brain image datasets.

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A robust and high-throughput Cre reporting and characterization system for the whole mouse brain

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Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain

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