Snapshots from the decade of the brain

Exciting, but no cause for triumphalism

Clinical review pp 1696 -708

The last 10 years of the 20th century have been designated the decade of the brain. But, with the notable exception of the revolution in brain imaging, the explosion of activity in neurobiology has failed to capture the imagination of most doctors. To remedy this, we asked six neuroscientists to write about what interested them most.

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