Rafael Yuste, MD, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, discusses the many ways that the Brain Activity Map will fundamentally change medicine and neuroscience. Whether it’s pinpointing specific neural pathophysiology for psychiatric disorders or developing new, interventional therapies that target the right neurons to treat epileptic seizures, the possibilities seem endless. The Brain Activity Map was recently cited by the Obama administration as the next big step to advancing medicine.
