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to Connectomes. Researchers at USC have created the first map of white-matter
(think of it as vital scaffolding) connections
in the human brain. Their work just published in the
open-access journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, has major
implications for understanding brain injury and disease. Van Horn, researcher
at the USC Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics and the Laboratory of
Neuro Imaging, put it: “Just as when you remove the internet connection to your
computer you won’t get your email anymore, there are white matter pathways
which result in large scale communication failures in the brain when damaged.” When
those white matter pathways are damaged, brain areas served by those connections
may wither … Protect your Brain!
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