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Click the image to jump to this live view of pyramidal neurons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/1626959124687-DK1K38G90UDH61X712R9/Overview_mm3_website.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/29f04546-e21b-4e43-b355-e1d388bbc900/CellTypesIcon.png Cubic Millimeter - Cell Types You can use this dataset to explore excitatory, inhibitory, and non-neuronal cell types throughout the volume. For programmatic access of cell type information released thus far, explore the Microns Binder. Click these links for example cells: pyramidal, opcs, martinottis, chandeliers etc <populate list with appropriate cell types/links>. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/1624647189848-P9SAYHWI7FPHBDFV27QG/MicronsReleaseImagery-07.png Cubic Millimeter - Synapses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/1624909343133-4SLXK8QCIFJ00MYO3GFY/image+%289%29.png Cubic Millimeter - Cell Types You can use this dataset to explore excitatory, inhibitory, and non-neuronal cell types throughout the volume. For programmatic access of cell type information released thus far, explore the Microns Binder. Click these links for example cells: pyramidal, opcs, martinottis, chandeliers etc <populate list with appropriate cell types/links>. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/a7f99d26-06dd-4888-a4a7-0f48fa24af2d/EMImagery-01.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Electron Microscopy Imagery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/1624647189848-P9SAYHWI7FPHBDFV27QG/MicronsReleaseImagery-07.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Synaptic Connectivity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/8f91542d-132b-432b-82cb-a61db5fa47fd/MicronsReleaseImagery-05.jpg Cubic Millimeter - Nucleus Segmentation Nucleus Segmentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/4ee045ea-931b-4b72-bf36-1131e3575e8b/CoRegistrationIcon-01.jpg Cubic Millimeter - Functional Co-Registration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/7806e2f5-7674-4fd5-93d1-1f7b303c4dc6/vasculature_400px.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Vasculature Segmentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/b0f821e2-ba50-4477-bcbd-feba6140ef4f/EMImagery-02.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Cell Segmentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/137dd984-de2c-4aba-a859-204fe3c9b709/Untitled-1-04.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Proofreading Status https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/daf6dd56-4b56-4095-a6c1-f38564a21f8f/Screenshot+2024-07-02+at+2.51.58+PM.jpg Cubic Millimeter - Neuron Skeletons Functional Data https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/480690a5-3f2d-44a8-b481-0df837f18734/digital_twin_schematic.jpg Cubic Millimeter - Digital Twin Functional Model https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/1624912239272-D64OMY2P2VTSJQ6SIW1F/segmentation-meshes-02.jpg Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Cell Meshes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/d4719533-b63f-4039-b626-ba62ceaeed14/CellTypesIcon.jpg Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Cell Types https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/e818b22c-8a00-4539-a9a2-8d76646a462b/image+%289%29.jpg Cubic Millimeter - Functional Data Functional Co-registration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/66fb521b-04ae-4864-9810-a1380d2b50d3/fc_art_v3.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Functional Connectomics Analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/a7f99d26-06dd-4888-a4a7-0f48fa24af2d/EMImagery-01.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/b0f821e2-ba50-4477-bcbd-feba6140ef4f/EMImagery-02.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/1624912239272-D64OMY2P2VTSJQ6SIW1F/segmentation-meshes-02.jpg Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/1624647189848-P9SAYHWI7FPHBDFV27QG/MicronsReleaseImagery-07.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/5d6c06df-a18b-4235-bda2-a84990bf99ae/MicronsReleaseImagery-05.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/137dd984-de2c-4aba-a859-204fe3c9b709/Untitled-1-04.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/29f04546-e21b-4e43-b355-e1d388bbc900/CellTypesIcon.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/d6c2fdc6-ba5e-4748-b178-56d271e6e5d6/Screenshot+2024-07-02+at+2.53.08+PM.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out Three renderings of the same neuron: skeleton, skeleton with compartment labels and radius scaling, meshwork skeleton with synapse annotations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/1627337116437-964O88DZ5LZZ89M1IMD3/Functional_data.png Cubic Millimeter - Make it stand out An example scan field with segmentation masks and a synchronized stimulus can be viewed interactively here. 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The connectivity of these cells was explored in the linked paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/e392c5f9-146d-4f72-b7f8-a15672aa0fa6/puzzle_neuron11.png Renders A rendering of layer 5 thick tufted pyramidal neurons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/efa833fd-209e-4c37-bb55-1d26f64f5578/twitter_pyramidal_neurons.jpeg Renders A rendering of layer 5 thick tufted pyramidal neurons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/ca803026-4249-402d-ade0-2c6089c68a2e/puzzle_neuron_1+copy.png Renders A zoomed in view of neural processes of 4 distinctly colored neurons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/fdb05d06-9c63-4ba6-8e3e-d2ff6579b615/0483.png Renders A rendering of layer 5 thick tufted pyramidal neurons where a subset of synapses are light up like lights on a christmas tree. Still frame from a movie that won an award in the BRAIN Initiative's Show Us Your Brains contest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/05757a8a-b040-4fea-82b2-19efd18a3a38/opc_axon_dend.png Renders A close up rendering of an oligodendrocyte precursor cell enveloping the synaptic contact between an axon and a dendrite. The role of these cells in consuming synapses was first described based on observations in this dataset. The paper is linked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/b651ea65-eb7f-4198-aedb-710bb5756b36/minnie_w_back_V3.png Renders A rendering of the dataset including thousands of individual neurons, but still only showing a small subset of the cells that are in the dataset. 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The paper is linked for more information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/8c7723b7-d46d-4cde-9d29-d955e618de8c/Lots+of+neurons.png Renders A rendering of several cells in the dataset that is used as the background for the main page on the cubic millimeter dataset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/a2bbe2ce-2f88-4d7f-b266-c76f44e61b87/green_light_chandelier4.png Renders A rendering of a chandelier cell with its output boutons lit up as lights. The connectivity of this cell type was examined in the linked paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/92c4108d-0df3-4dc3-9d2e-ed9f8639a479/green_light_chandelier2.png Renders A rendering of a chandelier cell with its output boutons lit up as lights. The connectivity of this cell type was examined in the linked paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/a516d98b-dd31-4577-90f0-36e6b1bc40e1/glass_spines_3.png Renders A rendering of a segment of dendrite as if it were made of glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/7a0d710b-31a4-473f-85cb-e3d5419f5e58/Forrest_Layer5ET.png Renders A simple rendering of a layer 5 thick tufted cell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4efadc50f583614d2fcdd9/98e1f465-815e-4b43-bafd-a6264674c578/blood_vssels_v1.png Renders A rendering of the blood vessels in the brain. 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