Excerpt from: CTV News (click for full article)
The Obama administration recently announced it will spend billions of
dollars to examine the workings of the human brain but this type of
research is nothing new for a group of U of C experts.
The Brain Activity Map Project is being compared to the Human Genome
Project and this kind of brain mapping has already begun at the
University of Calgary.
A cap with 64 electrodes, combined with MRI imagery, is giving
researchers a complete picture of brain function right down to the
millisecond.
Dr. Protzner says they are hoping the research will allow them to
create maps of the brain that they can then use to compare others to in
order to determine an appropriate treatment for them.
“What we want to do is get a map of brain dynamics that best responds
to, for example, cognitive behavior therapy, and a map that’s different,
in a predictable way, that best responds to pharmacotherapy. And if we
can create these maps and then compare individuals to it then that’s how
we could go about predicting treatment options,” sid Dr. Protzner.
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