NEURD: Proofreading the map of the brain

From the smallest fragment of brain tissue, the intricate blueprint of the entire brain is beginning to emerge. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are making several time-consuming aspects of this process a lot easier with the development of a software package called NEURD short for “NEURal Decomposition.” This new software increases the speed of data error detection and correction for the wiring, or “street map,” of connections between cells in the brain, enabling new discoveries.