Attempts to rescue stranded or sick marine animals at times are sadly not successful. Our lab has taken interest in evaluating levels of metals in the brain of marine mammals. Special histological stains can be used to localize metal compounds in the brain in an attempt to link their levels to behavioral consequences.
This video shows a virtual 3d reconstruction created from MRI scan data of H.M.'s Brain. The red areas are the tissue that was extracted by Scoville during the 1953 surgery to remove part of his medial temporal lobe (MTL).
Il Dottor Annese e lo staff a L’Osservatorio del Cervello vogliono ringraziare tutti i connazionali che hanno assistito all’ottava puntata di Superquark e che hanno scritto dimostrando entusiasmo e solidarieta’.
Nova PBS takes a closer look at how memory works. This program, hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, features how Jacopo Annese and The Brain Observatory are going to study the brain of patient H.M. Interviews with Jacopo Annese, Suzanne Corkin, Brenda Milner, and Eric Kandel give more insight into patient H.M. and how his case helps neuroscientists understand memory.
