Breakthrough could aid brain disease diagnosis, treatment

Chinese scientists and their global partners have achieved a milestone in brain mapping, successfully charting not only rodent but also primate brains in a move they say will advance global brain science and bring humanity closer to creating a high-precision map of the human brain.

Led by the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the collaboration involved more than 30 research institutions in China and other nations, including France, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Using high-resolution three-dimensional whole-brain imaging, spatial transcriptomics and artificial intelligence, the team analyzed the diversity of brain cell types, connectivity patterns, developmental and evolutionary changes, and molecular mechanisms underlying brain disorders.