Both Drosophila and mouse models with centrosome dysfunction showed abnormalities in the neuroepithelium reminiscent of the ones described in brains of human patients. (science.institut-curie.org)
New imaging methods allow scientists to noninvasively observe the live brains of their human patients in two ways: as they perform tasks in functional imaging machines, enabling scientists to see which brain regions show simultaneous activation and thus imply connectivity, and in diffusion imaging scanners that model the pathways of the fiber bundles by recording water flow along the gradients of the cables. (seedmagazine.com)
The findings also lend support to claims that the small brain of the human ancestor Homo floresiensis, whose 18,000 - year - old skull was discovered on a remote Indonesian island in 2003, isn't as remarkable as it might seem. (sciencedaily.com)