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Human brain mapped in unprecedented detail

Nearly 100 previously unidentified brain areas revealed by examination of the cerebral cortex.

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Geddes, L. Human brain mapped in unprecedented detail. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20285

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