Encephalon 34

The 34th edition of Encephalon, a quick guide to the previous two weeks worth of neuroscience news, has been posted at Distributed Neuron.

From Encephalon 34:

To start, Jake Young gives us a great analysis of a study of human and macaque visual cortices. Researchers dissected and analyzed the brains of people who had lost vision in one eye, comparing the results to a controlled study of macaques who had been partially blinded. It’s a fascinating analysis that also demonstrates the limits of fMRI.