{"id":4559,"date":"2011-06-02T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=4559"},"modified":"2011-06-02T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T14:50:09","slug":"software-developed-to-generate-neural-brain-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=4559","title":{"rendered":"Software Developed to Generate Neural Brain Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Neuron_NIH_200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-200\" title=\"Neuron_NIH_200\" src=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Neuron_NIH_200.jpg\" alt=\"Neuron illustration (NIH)\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Neuron_NIH_200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Neuron_NIH_200-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(National Institute on Aging, NIH)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Computer scientists at <a href=\"http:\/\/news.brown.edu\/pressreleases\/2011\/06\/brainmap\">Brown University<\/a> in Providence, Rhode Island have written software that generates two-dimensional maps of neural pathways in the brain. Their findings appear in a recent issue of the journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computer.org\/portal\/web\/csdl\/doi\/10.1109\/TVCG.2011.82\"><em>IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While 2D imaging may seem like a step back from more sophisticated 3D images, computer science professor David Laidlaw and two graduate students aimed to develop a system that could simplify the tracing of the brain&#8217;s neural connections. Current medical imaging systems that generate 3D images can sometimes offer too much detail, making it difficult follow the neural connections when diagnosing brain disorders.<\/p>\n<p>Laidlaw and his team created these visual representations with a medical imaging protocol that measures the water diffusion in and around nerves of the brain. Researchers can use the 2-D neural maps to help identify whether the structure or size of neural bundles differ among individuals and show differences that may relate to performance, skills, or other traits.<\/p>\n<p>One of these uses of 2-D neural maps is to pinpoint spots where the myelin that protects neurons may be compromised, which could affect the vitality of the neural circuits. Myelin is a fatty membrane that wraps around axons, the nerve fiber extensions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myelin.org\/what-is-myelin\/\">Myelin Project<\/a>, myelin-deficiency diseases affect more than two million people worldwide. Hereditary neurodegenerative disorders such as the leukodystrophies and acquired diseases such as multiple sclerosis can destroy myelin.<\/p>\n<p>The software allows for visual display in Web browsers with off-the-shelf tools such as Google Maps. The program also allows for a 3D rendering that pulls together the various neural bundles into a single overall view of the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=4188\">Neural Network Simulates Human Schizophrenia Symptoms<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island have written software that generates two-dimensional maps of neural pathways in the brain. Their findings appear in a recent issue of the journal IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. While 2D imaging may seem like a step back from more sophisticated 3D images, computer science [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[31,109,64,77,105,78,26],"class_list":["post-4559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-products","tag-biomedical","tag-computer-science","tag-life-sciences","tag-medical-device","tag-physical-sciences","tag-software","tag-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4559"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4563,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4559\/revisions\/4563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}