Brain MRI study finds epilepsy linked to smaller right thalamus

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Here is a Science mag news story about several studies using a large, internationally gathered, set of brain scans (MRIs).
The large numbers of data sets allows for statistically meaningful numbers of cases with similar problems, diseases, or genetics to be compared.

Some unexpected findings like:
Epilepsy is associated with a smaller right thalamus. ??#%?
 
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