Unveiled the new map of the human brain

Map divides into detail parts undiscovered our brain processes information and answers relative and allows us to think, talk and move, in full 360 areas (180 for each hemisphere), where more than half of which never it was previously identified.

A map of the cerebral cortex (the brain) to a precision that was never previously achieved, was developed recently by scientists.

Map published in the journal "Nature" divides into detail parts undiscovered brain, what processes information and answers relative and allows us to think, talk and move, in full 360 areas (180 for each hemisphere), where more than half of which had never been identified before.

This level is so high for the submission of detail will enable a better understanding of diseases such as dementia, autism or epilepsy, depending precisely the anomalies cortex and will be able to explain also why central system of nerves human it is so special.

Structure and function

The search included a dozen of researchers coordinated by David Van Essen, director of the department of neuroscience at the University of "Washington" statue and the head of the project "Human Connectome".

Launched in 2010, this project aims to identify the links between different areas of the tour and a lot of data used to build the recently published map precisely the line here.

In particular, the 360 ​​areas are determined based on the frequency of brain response to various points, in relation to other areas of the brain and the functions they perform.

Thus was discovered in the area related to language, there is a small space that is activated only when heard stories. Also, the viewing area, a group of neurons exclusively determines the width of the horizon.

But brain "im" is different

Researchers have taken into account the differences may be between one person and another, and have developed an algorithm that allows us to trace the specific map of each brain.

This instrument will allow doctors to tailor therapies to specific patients and monitor improvements.

Especially neurosurgeons can interfere with the brain with great accuracy, thus avoiding significant damage to facilities. Realistically this can be done with current technology development today, but now the process will be improved.

What if they are wrong

Finally, in the journal "PNAS" was called into question the validity of many researches that have arisen in connection with functional magnetic resonance imaging. And a part of the data used in the study recently published in the journal "Nature" comes from that way of probing.

Technical details of the approach used by Van Essen and his colleagues will be published very briefly, but the precision of the work of their need to be made to map brain is drawn so well that hardly any error small.