Most famous brain gives a parting gift

• Autores: Helen Thomson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2954, 2014, pág. 14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The most influential brain in neuroscience has been reconstructed in 3D, which should give us insights into memory for years to come. Henry Molaison from Connecticut had several areas of his brain removed to treat his epilepsy in 1953. After the surgery, Molaison--known as patient H.M. until his death in 2008--could not form new memories, a condition known as anterograde amnesia. He also had difficulty recollecting his long-term past. Molaison's willingness to allow people to study what he could remember allowed researchers to understand how the brain areas that were excised are involved in memory. He died of respiratory failure in 2008 and bequeathed his brain to science. Now Jacopo Annese at the Brain Observatory in San Diego, California, and his colleagues have dissected it and conclusively linked Molaison's memory problems to damaged areas. They have also constructed a virtual 3D model of his brain.