"In mammalian brains individual synapses are typically one-to-one, i.e. they form a connection between exactly two neurons. In contrast, insect synapses are typically one-to-many (“polyadic”), meaning that they connect multiple different neurons."

Insects have a lot of adaptations to be small, and this might be one of the coolest!

#insects #brains #brainmap #neuroscience

Scientists mapped every neuron of an adult animal's brain for the first time | Popular Science https://www.popsci.com/environment/complete-brain-map/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

📅 Join us online on 11 September for the next #GraspOS Community of Practice meeting

This session will focus on the work of #UEFISCDI in developing and testing the viability of implementing an Openness Researcher Profile which aligns with @CoARAssessment principles into the #BrainMap platform.

Speakers: Ioana Spanache, Science Policy & Research Assessment Expert at UEFISCDI, and Alina Irimia, Open Science projects coordinator at UEFISCDI.

➡ Join the conversation: https://graspos.eu/community-of-practice-on-open-science-and-responsible-research-assessment

Mind-Body Connection Is Built Into Brain

Brain areas that control movement are plugged into networks that orchestrate thinking and planning, and control involuntary bodily functions. The findings provide a link between the body and the “mind” in the brain’s structure.

#Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #BrainMap #MotorCortex #Homunculus
#SomatoCognitiveActionNetwork #SCAN
#Neuroimaging #fMRI

https://neurosciencenews.com/mind-body-brain-23049/

A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex

#Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #BrainMap #MotorCortex #Homunculus
#SomatoCognitiveActionNetwork #SCAN
#Neuroimaging #fMRI

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05964-2

Famous ‘homunculus’ brain map redrawn to include complex movements

Textbook homunculus diagram depicts how the brain controls individual body parts — the revamp could improve treatments for brain injury.

#Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #BrainMap #MotorCortex #Homunculus #Neuroimaging #fMRI

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01312-6