Fed on Reams of Cell Data, AI Maps New Neighborhoods in the Brain
Real estate agents will tell you that a home’s most important feature is “location, location, location.” It’s similar in neuroscience: “Location is everything in the brain,” said Bosiljka Tasic, a self-described “biological cartographer.” Brain injury in one spot could knock out memory; damage in another could interfere with personality. Neuroscientists and doctors are lost without a good map.
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[1]: https://www.quantamagazine.org/fed-on-reams-of-cell-data-ai-maps-new-neighborhoods-in-the-brain-20260209/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/fed-on-reams-of-cell-data-ai-maps-new-neighborhoods-in-the-brain-20260209/
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