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.
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