Project H.M.
They have begun slicing the brain of patient H.M.! In case you don’t know, he was a very very famous case study in psychology because he experienced anterograde amnesia – that is to say, he could not form any new memories. Now they are looking at the brain tissue of H.M. who died about 1 year ago to determine a) what was causing these memory abnormalities and b) to look for signs of Alzheimer’s.
Check out the live feed of the slicing!
Courtesy of The Brain Observatory at UCSD.
Also, here’s an article from the NY Times.
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