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Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Analysis

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How does our brain work? By zooming in to the level of nerve cells scientists are getting a clearer picture of how connections are made throughout the brain. Van Wedeen, from Massachusetts General Hospital, is using Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) to create that picture.

Neuroscientists want to understand neuron connections to other neurons. What pathways do they take and why?

In Wedeens work he has found that every connection makes a right angle. It forms a grid. “There’s zero chance that there are not principles lurking in this,” says Wedeen “We’re just not yet in a position to see the simplicity.” (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/brain/zimmer-text)

The significance here is yet to be determined, although it has the potential
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