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Towards a consistent neuron classification

Obtaining a consistent taxonomy of neuron types is challenging mainly because of the high dimensionality of the datasets. Coupled autoencoders are a step forward in achieving this goal.

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Fig. 1: Aligning different modalities to discover cell types.

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