Imaging Techniques Provide New Insights

Abstract

Modern neuroimaging techniques allow the brain to be studied in vivo, and the many techniques now available can provide information about a range of different aspects of brain anatomy and function. It is now possible for example to identify areas of the brain involved in the performance of a particular task, or to relate the size of particular brain structures to the severity of clinical symptoms in a completely noninvasive manner. These techniques have, therefore, allowed tremendous advances to be made over the last two decades in many areas of neuroscience and neurology and will undoubtedly continue to do so.