“Residual echo” of ancient humans in scans may hold clues to mental disorders
MRI data shows (left) areas of the skull preferentially affected by the amount of Neanderthal-derived DNA and (right) areas of the brain’s visual system in which Neanderthal gene variants influenced cortex folding (red) and gray matter volume (yellow).
More info: www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/residual-echo-ancie...
Credit: Michael Gregory, M.D., NIMH Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, NIH
“Residual echo” of ancient humans in scans may hold clues to mental disorders
MRI data shows (left) areas of the skull preferentially affected by the amount of Neanderthal-derived DNA and (right) areas of the brain’s visual system in which Neanderthal gene variants influenced cortex folding (red) and gray matter volume (yellow).
More info: www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/residual-echo-ancie...
Credit: Michael Gregory, M.D., NIMH Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, NIH