World’s first 3D digital brain

The world's first high-resolution 3D digital model of the human brain has been developed by scientists.The 3D model is detailed to the microscopic level and allows to see features smaller than a strand of hair.
The "Big Brain" will be made freely available to neuroscientists to help them in research.From the brain of a deceased 65-year-old woman, researchers sliced 7,400 sections,  each half the thickness of a human hair.
Each slice was then stained to highlight the anatomical detail and scanned into the computer in high definition.Finally the scanned slices were reassembled inside the computer. In all, 80 billion neurons have been captured in this painstaking process which took 10 years to complete.