Scientists create most detailed atlas of brain's basal ganglia

An international research team profiled nearly 26 million brain cells from the basal ganglia, creating a cross-species reference database — the most comprehensive in history. The atlas is intended to help understand mechanisms of diseases such as Parkinson's disease, addiction and other neurological disorders. Results were published in Nature.

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