The approach described in the journal Nature Methods lays the foundation for novel ways to map connections across different brain regions--an ability that can enable the design of devices to image various areas of the brain and even treat conditions that arise from malfunctions in cells inhabiting these regions the researchers said. The work was led by Ferruccio Pisanello at IIT Massimo De Vittorio at IIT and University of Salento and Bernardo Sabatini the Alice and Rodman W. Moorhead III Professor of Neurobiology in the Blavantik Institute at Harvard Medical School and funded by the European Research Council and by