Author: Celia David

  • Help Menu Overview

    Help Menu Overview

    Neuroglancer has an automated help menu that can be accessed using the “H” key. This help menu pulls data automatically and is the best place to visit for the most up-to-date keyboard commands that are added to neuroglancer. However, this automatically generated list may cause some confusion for new users. This blog post will act…

  • Mossy Fiber Challenge: Mission Accomplished!

    Mossy Fiber Challenge: Mission Accomplished!

    Our 2nd Challenge in Pyr was to proofread 6k putative mossy fibers: uniquely shaped long axons that carry information to the CA3 region. Thanks to our amazing Citizen Scientist proofreaders, this task has been accomplished in record time! Let’s give them a hand! Thanks for your amazing mossy fiber detective work! For science!

  • Pyr Challenge 2: Mossy Fibers!

    Pyr Challenge 2: Mossy Fibers!

    For all those who have been enjoying proofreading in our CA3 dataset, we hope you’re up for our next challenge – proofreading mossy fibers! The CA3 is a region of the hippocampus — a seahorse-shaped structure in the brain important for retaining short-term memories. Mossy fibers are uniquely shaped long axons that originate from dentate…

  • Spelunker 102: Advanced Proofreading Tips

    Spelunker 102: Advanced Proofreading Tips

    In this guide, we’re going to go over some of the more “hidden features” of Spelunker that will take your proofreading to the next level!