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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday July 23 2016, @06:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the zombies-will-know-the-tastiest-parts dept.

A new map of the human cerebral cortex has been created:

A detailed new map by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and associates lays out the landscape of 180 areas of the cerebral cortex in painstaking detail; 97 of these areas have never been previously described.

The new map is intended to help researchers studying brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, dementia and epilepsy. They will be able to use it to understand differences in the brains of patients with these diseases, compared with adults who are healthy. It also will accelerate progress in deciphering the workings of the healthy brain and elucidating what makes us unique as a species, the researchers say. The new map will also be vital for neurosurgeons.

A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex (DOI: 10.1038/nature18933)


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    by rts008 (3001) on Saturday July 23 2016, @11:22AM (#379014)

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