Amber Dance

Contributing Writer

An illustration shows a brain subdivided into neighborhoods, each composed of a set of building types.

neuroscience

Fed on Reams of Cell Data, AI Maps New Neighborhoods in the Brain

By Amber Dance

February 9, 2026

Machine learning is helping neuroscientists organize vast quantities of cells’ genetic data in the latest neurobiological cartography effort.

About the author

Amber Dance is a freelance science writer based in southern California.

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