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In infants, blood flow scans used for brain imaging may not reveal nerve activity, study suggests
MISS MATCH After paw stimulation, nerve cells in the brain of a 7-day-old mice become active (top row, left), but blood doesn’t show up (bottom row, left). A 13-day-old mouse has larger nerve cell responses (top row, middle), but still no blood — that doesn’t appear until adulthood (bottom row, right). Red signals higher nerve cell activity and blood flow.
Hillman Lab/Columbia University’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute