Precuneus Region Of Human And Monkey Brain Is Divided Into Four Distinct Regions
Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 23:31
in Biology & Nature
New research provides a comprehensive comparative functional anatomy study in human and monkey brains which reveals highly similar brain networks preserved across evolution. Scientists examined patterns of connectivity to show that the precuneus, long thought to be a single structure, is actually divided into four distinct functional regions.
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