The 100 billion cells in the human brain have a vast array of specializations — distinct shapes, types, functions, and connectivities — all of which contribute to the cellular diversity underlying our complex behavior as humans. Yet scientists don’t know all the cell types in the brain.
“In order to really appreciate how the functions of the brain are actually arising, we need to know comprehensively what kinds of cells are there in this complex organ,” said Evan Macosko, an assistant professor and attending psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an institute member at the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Now, a study by Macosko, first authors Vel
