brain scans
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Remarkable Scans Show How The Human Brain Rewires Itself After Half Is Removed
In rare cases, patients suffering from severe epilepsy undergo an operation in which an entire brain hemisphere is removed. New research shows the startling degree to which the remaining hemisphere is able to pick up the slack.
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Incredibly Detailed Brain Map Finds Nearly A Hundred New Regions
Neuroscientists working on the Human Connectome Project have compiled the most accurate map yet of the human cerebral cortex. The researchers identified 180 distinct areas of the brain’s outer layer — effectively doubling the previous number of known regions.