Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation Association Engages Amy Pruszenski, OD, FCOVD as Director of Medical Education
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An MIT team has produced an atlas of how most cells, and the circuits they take part in, encode a worm's actions. The atlas reveals the underlying “logic” of how an animal brain produces a sophisticated and flexible repertoire of behaviors, even as its environmental circumstances change.
Visualization is an essential part of the scientific process. Advances in imaging have enabled eye-opening discoveries, not only for scientists and researchers but also for the general public.
A breakthrough brain mapping project involving patients diagnosed with different types of mental illness has revealed a startling diversity in brain changes.
The study of six types of mental illnesses in a thousand brain regions has demonstrated the differences between individuals within each disorder. Using magnetic resonance images (MRI), scientists from Monash University in Australia analyzed the brain changes and built individual maps for each psychiatric disorder. Their results revealed differences between people with the same diagnosis, which could help refine assessments.