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Key brain area reveals distinct zones whose boundaries blur with age
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- Scientists at the Broad Institute's Center for Human Brain Variation mapped previously hidden architecture and cellular makeup in the striatum.
- The striatum is involved in decision-making and movement and is affected in psychiatric disorders.
- The study reports distinct zones in the striatum and age-associated changes, with boundaries between zones blurring with age.
Why it matters
The striatum is central to decision-making, movement and psychiatric conditions, so a finer map of its cellular zones and how they shift with age gives brain researchers a more detailed reference.
Who’s affected
- neuroscientists
- researchers studying brain aging and psychiatric disorders
- #neuroscience
- #striatum
- #brain aging
- #cell biology
- #brain mapping
Scientists in the Center for Human Brain Variation at the Broad Institute have charted previously hidden architecture and patterns of cellular makeup in a key part of the brain called the striatum, which is involved in decision-making and movement and is affected in psychiatric…
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Broad Institute publishes findings on distinct striatal zones and age-associated changes
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Researchers uncover distinct zones and age-associated changes in a key brain area
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Key brain area reveals distinct zones whose boundaries blur with age