More recent work has shown that the formation of microgyria throws the pattern of neural connections between the language centres and the rest of the brain into confusion.

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Glen Rosen, one of Dr Galaburda's colleagues, and a speaker at the meeting, has created microgyria in rat embryos by holding cold needles to the surface of their developing brains.

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These are called ectopias and microgyria.

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