Scientists have long yearned for a neuron-by-neuron illustration of brain activity; get that and you can see exactly what drives an animal's thoughts and reflexes. MIT may make those wishes come ...

Illustration neuron (IMAGE) Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Caption Brain functions such as motivated behavior, reward learning and decision making are enabled by inhibitory projection neurons.

Scientists mapped every neuron of an adult animal’s brain for the first time It includes all ~50 million connections between nearly 140,000 neurons in the brain of a fruit fly.

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