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Can the mouse visual cortex harbor a functional organization for stimulus features? TLDR: Yes, we found ocular dominance columns in this tiny cortical region! Check our paper, open access in @naturecomms.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... and/or read the 🧵 below. @mpiforbi.bsky.social (1/7)
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12 leading neuroscientists tackle a big question: Will we ever understand the brain?

Their reflections span philosophy, complexity, and the limits of scientific explanation.

www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/wil...

Illustration by @gilcosta.bsky.social & @joanagcc.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Some absolutely stunning photos here!
nature.com Nature @nature.com · Mar 31
Creepy-crawly courtship, a spacecraft landing on Earth, and aliens?

Check out this month's sharpest science shots, selected by Nature's photo team 📸

https://go.nature.com/4ccTrnz
Incredible close-up of colourful crab spiders — March’s best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
go.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Cortical columns have been known for over half a century. Now, a new study shows for the first time that they also exist in the mouse visual cortex: neurons processing visual input from the same eye are clustered in vertical columns. www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-02...
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February 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My colleagues in the @tobiasbonhoeffer.bsky.social department baked a mouse OD columns cake ❤️❤️
February 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Can the mouse visual cortex harbor a functional organization for stimulus features? TLDR: Yes, we found ocular dominance columns in this tiny cortical region! Check our paper, open access in @naturecomms.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... and/or read the 🧵 below. @mpiforbi.bsky.social (1/7)
February 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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February 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Moment of zen 🏔️🌞
February 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It is spring when nature doesn’t know anymore where not to flower
March 31, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Winterwonderland 🤩
January 21, 2024 at 5:37 PM