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New Brain Map Reveals 1,300 Regions, Uncovers Function Links

10/9/2025

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CellTransformer maps the mouse brain into 1,300 regions, a collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco and the Allen Institute, a nonprofit.
The map reveals subregions, linking brain function to cellular neighborhoods.
The findings were published in Nature Communications, with validation against the Allen Institute’s Common Coordinate Framework (CCF).
Applications may extend to other organ systems and cancer biology.

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Story summary

CellTransformer maps the mouse brain into 1,300 regions, a collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco and the Allen Institute, a nonprofit.
The map reveals subregions, linking brain function to cellular neighborhoods.
The findings were published in Nature Communications, with validation against the Allen Institute’s Common Coordinate Framework (CCF).
Applications may extend to other organ systems and cancer biology.