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Famous ‘homunculus’ brain map redrawn to include complex movements

Textbook homunculus diagram depicts how the brain controls individual body parts — the revamp could improve treatments for brain injury.
  1. Max Kozlov
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The bizarre-looking ‘homunculus’ is one of neuroscience’s most fundamental diagrams. Found in countless textbooks, it depicts a deformed constellation of body parts mapped onto a narrow strip of the brain, showing the corresponding brain regions that control each part.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01312-6

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