Researchers for the first time are documenting the basic wiring of
the brain, the complex relationships among billions of neurons that
are responsible for reason, memory and emotion. The work eventually
could lead to better
understanding of schizophrenia, autism, multiple sclerosis and other disorders.
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| A look at the hidden anatomy of brain wiring. |
New techniques, including advances in brain
scans, are helping to reveal the hidden anatomy of brain wiring and
giving scientists a new understanding of how thoughts, memories and
emotions are formed. WSJ's Robert Lee Hotz reports.
"It may be the
first new perspective on neuroanatomy in 100 years," said Bruce Rosen,
director of the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts
General Hospital. "There may be some real surprises."
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