Brain Maps May Reveal the Origins and Paths of Neurological Dysfunction Brain Maps May Reveal the Origins and Paths of Neurological Dysfunction The Allen Institute’s Human Brain Atlas, which maps regions of the brain by gene expression, helped orient University of Cambridge researchers during an investigation of the structural changes that occur in the brains of adolescents. The researchers found that the brain regions that exhibited the greatest structural changes, as determined by magnetic resonance imaging, were correlated with the expression of schizophrenia-related genes. Brain Maps May Reveal the Origins and Paths of Neurological Dysfunction By combining the dynamism of functional neuroimaging and the resolution of molecular profiling, new technologies may bring obscure neurological mechanisms to light