Brain of Patient H.M. Being Sliced, Streamed Live

buswolley writes "The slicing of the brain of the famous amnesic patient H.M. into giant histological sections is now in full swing, and is being streamed live. The brain specimen is frozen and sectioned whole during one continuous session that is expected to last approximately 30 hours."

Re:This is ...

[buswolley]

Deli Sliced brain though.. yeah definitely for Zombies.

Necessary?

[seven of five]

With MRI, CAT scans, etc, is this ghoulish exercise really necessary anymore?

Re:they should record a video

[timeOday]

Correct, watching the slicing is not really the point of this. What they do is make a bunch of very thin slices, scan them, then make a 3d computer image which can be viewed in cross section from any angle, or you can use algorithms to isolate given structures in the brain, estimate their volume, etc etc.

Re:Limited bandwidth and limited prospective audia

[timeOday]

The video is working just fine for me. Besides, there really isn't a "legitimate" audience for this; you can't do any brain science by watching the video, its value is purely as a curiosity whether you're a brain surgeon.

Re:So...

[celery stalk]

Not necessarily. He just doesn't have a brain. He could still be a lawyer.

Or a Slashdot editor.

Fixed that for ya.