Depression Could Be Linked With the Brain Network Responsible for Guiding Attention, Study Claims

Depression Could Be Linked With the Brain Network Responsible for Guiding Attention, Study Claims

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New research is shedding light on the brain‘s role in depression, particularly through the discovery of an enlarged salience network in people suffering from the condition. This brain network, located primarily in the frontal cortex and striatum, is responsible for processing rewards and focusing attention on significant stimuli. The findings…

Harvard and Google Created the Most Detailed Map of Brain Using AI

Harvard and Google Created the Most Detailed Map of Brain Using AI

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A groundbreaking project by Harvard University and Google has produced the most detailed map of human brain connections to date. This achievement focuses on a cubic millimetre of the cerebral cortex, extracted from a patient during epilepsy surgery in 2014. Over a decade, a team of biologists and machine-learning experts…