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January 16, 2010

Patients with no skull are a window on brain activity

I've just clocked a stunning experiment, shortly to be published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, that recorded brain activity from patients who had part of their skull surgically removed for several months and had only flaps of skin between their brain and the outside world.The operation is called a hemicraniectomy and is often used when the brain swells or the pressure builds up inside

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July 24, 2009

2009-07-24 Spike activity

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:Neurological injuries from the accident-waiting-to-happen activity 'car surfing' are covered by The Neurocritic. Technology Review discusses an innovative new neurosurgery technique using ultrasound from outside the skull.The University of Western Ontario has a list of 'Top Ten Things Sex and Neuroimaging Have in Common'. I would also refer to

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