Salk Institute-Led Breakthrough in Brain Science with Unveiling of Human Brain Cell Atlas 

Major advancements in brain-related medicines, perhaps even the advancement of so-called &ldquo;Brain-Machine Interfaces,&rdquo; or &ldquo;BMI,&rdquo; of the type Elon Musk and his Neuralink company are working on may get a boost from recent news from the Salk Institute. Researchers at the notable San Diego-based scientific research institute announce as part of a larger scientific collaborative worldwide that over half-a-million brain cells from three human brains have been analyzed, leading to a first-of-its-kind atlas of the human brain. Depicting hundreds of cell types making up our brain in unprecedented detail, the recent accomplishments were documented in a special edition of the peer review journal Science on October 13, 2023.&nbsp; 
So, what&rsquo;s the big deal&mdash;what&rsquo;s the first here?