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Multi-layered Maps of Neuropil with Segmentation-guided Contrastive Learning by Sven Dorkenwald; Peter H. Li; Michał Januszewski; Daniel R. Berger; Jeremy Maitin-Shepard; Agnes L. Bodor; Forrest Collman; Casey M. Schneider-Mizell; Nuno Maçarico da Costa; Jeff W. Lichtman; Viren Jain is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract Maps of the nervous system that identify individual cells along with their type, subcellular components and connectivity have the potential to elucidate fundamental organizational principles of neural circuits. Nanometer-resolution imaging of brain tissue provides the necessary raw data, but inferring cellular and subcellular annotation layers is challenging. We present segmentation-guided contrastive learning of representations (SegCLR), a self-supervised machine learning technique that produces representations of cells directly from 3D imagery and segmentations. When applied to volumes of human and mouse cortex, SegCLR enables accurate classification of cellular subcompartments and achieves performance equivalent to a supervised approach while requiring 400-fold fewer labeled examples. SegCLR also enables inference of cell types from fragments as small as 10 μm, which enhances the utility of volumes in which many neurites are truncated at boundaries. Finally, SegCLR enables exploration of layer 5 pyramidal cell subtypes and automated large-scale analysis of synaptic partners in mouse visual cortex.

Author

Sven Dorkenwald; Peter H. Li; Michał Januszewski; Daniel R. Berger; Jeremy Maitin-Shepard; Agnes L. Bodor; Forrest Collman; Casey M. Schneider-Mizell; Nuno Maçarico da Costa; Jeff W. Lichtman; Viren Jain

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2023