Tia Ghose | Jun 1, 2009 | 4 min read
By Tia Ghose Over the Brainbow Two years after the colorful project made a splash, most researchers are still relying on older techniques to map neural linkages. Courtesy of Jean Livet Neurons in young brains form a riot of interconnections that fan out in all directions, with multiple nerve cells often converging on a single target cell. As brains mature, some of these overlapping connections are pruned. Being able to visualize t