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Model helps researchers 'see' brain development
04-10-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Understanding the significance of folds in the outer layer of the brain is one of the big open questions in neuroscience. Now a team led by MIT, MGH and Harvard Medical School has developed a tool that could help researchers "see" the growth of those folds.
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