Brain Atlas

In this fascinating work, Alfred Anwander opens the doors to the connectome, the map of brain connections. Each line, each bundle, represents an information highway linking brain regions. This nervous mesh supports memory, emotions, language... and even consciousness itself.

But when one of these bundles is broken, following a stroke, tumor or neurodegenerative disease, an entire circuit is shut down. A function falters. A part of the self is lost.

Thanks to these extremely precise reconstructions, researchers can explore how brain regions interact, how certain pathologies alter these networks, and how brain plasticity sometimes attempts to repair them.

This cartography is not set in stone: it is constantly being rewritten, with our experiences, our learning, our wounds too. Each colored line becomes the silent witness of a connection, a thought, a potential still in motion.