Progress towards a circuit diagram of the brain Date: March 7, 2017 Source: Heidelberg, Universität Summary: Precise knowledge of the connections in the brain – the links between all the nerve ...

Previous efforts have completed the whole brain diagrams for much smaller brains, for example, for that of a fruit fly larva, which has 3,016 neurons, and a nematode worm, which has 302 neurons.

By comparing it to brain diagrams for different mammals such as humans, the team discovered that areas important for high-level cognition such as long-term memory and problem solving are wired up ...