What is it about?
In this study, we investigated early brain development to understand how different areas of the brain become specialized in handling information such as vision, sound, touch and planning. Our results show that different areas of the brain start with a similar modular organization rather than already being specialized in early development. This suggests that the brain might use a single shared blueprint to guide early development.
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Why is it important?
Our work shows that a modular functional organization, in which nearby neurons exhibit coordinated activity and which has long been known as a hallmark of the visual cortex, is actually present throughout highly diverse brain areas in early development. This suggests that common organizational mechanisms may guide development throughout the brain.
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This page is a summary of: Common modular architecture across diverse cortical areas in early development, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313743121.
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