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IMAGE: Georgia Tech researchers use a graphical model framework to uncover a better way to identify cells and understand neural activities in the brain. view more
Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech
In researching the causes and potential treatments for degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer s or Parkinson s disease, neuroscientists frequently struggle to accurately identify cells needed to understand brain activity that gives rise to behavior changes such as declining memory or impaired balance and tremors.
A multidisciplinary team of Georgia Institute of Technology neuroscience researchers, borrowing from existing tools such as graphical models, have uncovered a better way to identify cells and understand the mechanisms of the diseases, potentially leading to better understanding, diagnosis, and treatment.