Building the human brain cell atlas
In an international collaboration, researchers hope to integrate single-cell and spatial techniques to create a cell atlas of human and primate brains.
A cell atlas refers to a comprehensive map and profile of each cell present in a tissue. Now, biotech companies and researchers are interested in developing technologies that can determine not only cell type and location, but also shape and distribution of human and primate brain cells. Presented at the 2022 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (San Diego (CA, USA); 12–16 November 2022), these methods for developing a brain atlas represent the advancement of spatial visualization techniques for the monitoring of brain changes and disease.