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What is a “brain area”? More recently, I have become aware of the inadequateness of the concept of “brain area”, or at any rate, to call into question the basis for such a concept. This basis is three-fold, as noted by Felleman/van Essen: cortical areas (or in general, brain areas) are defined by […]

I recently wanted to see where acetylcholinesterase (AChE), the enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, is located in the brain. And specifically, I wanted to see the distribution of AChE in 3D. This data is available online (for the mouse brain) at both the Allen Brain Atlas and BrainMaps.org, so I […]