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Frontal lobe atrophy identified in poor sleepers

US researchers have used neuroimaging to show that war veterans with poor sleep quality have reduced frontal lobe volumes.

17 Mar 2014

Dampened reward response tied to schizophrenia risk

The striatal hypoactivation during reward anticipation seen in patients with schizophrenia is also present in their unaffected first-degree relatives, research shows.

17 Mar 2014

Researchers map visual system amplifier that is directly activated by walking or running

Whether you're a Major League outfielder chasing down a hard-hit ball or a lesser mortal navigating a busy city sidewalk, it pays to keep a close watch on your surroundings when walking or running.

17 Mar 2014

Brain-mapping experiment proves that schizophrenia patients have impaired ability to imitate

According to George Bernard Shaw, "Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning." According to psychologists, imitation is something that we all do whenever we learn a new skill, whether it is dancing or how to behave in specific social situations.

17 Mar 2014

Schizophrenia patients show abnormal brain activity when imitating simple hand gestures

14 Mar 2014

UC Davis MIND Institute named Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

The UC Davis MIND Institute has been named an Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, through a prestigious grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health - a distinction held by only a handful of neurodevelopmental centers nationwide committed to the diagnosis, prevention, treatment and amelioration of developmental disorders such as autism, fragile X syndrome and Down syndrome.

14 Mar 2014

University of Chicago/ MBL announce first two recipients of Frank R. Lillie Research Innovation Awards

The University of Chicago and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) today announced the first two recipients of the Frank R. Lillie Research Innovation Awards.

14 Mar 2014

FDA approves expansion of BIOTRONIK's ongoing ProMRI trial

BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of cardiovascular medical devices, announced today that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the expansion of BIOTRONIK's ongoing ProMRI trial. The new phase of the trial (Phase C) will study the company's ProMRI technology in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) devices.

14 Mar 2014

New methods of measuring and monitoring brain temperature

A senior academic will use her inaugural professorial lecture to explain how she has introduced new methods of measuring and monitoring brain temperature to take a new look at the role of fever in the recovery of brain injury patients.

13 Mar 2014

Patient with advanced bladder cancer shows complete response to everolimus and pazopanib drugs

A patient with advanced bladder cancer experienced a complete response for 14 months to the drug combination everolimus and pazopanib in a phase I trial, and genomic profiling of his tumor revealed two alterations that may have caused this exceptional response, according to a study published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

13 Mar 2014

University of Michigan uses Medtronic Reveal LINQ ICM System to monitor heart-related problems

The University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center is one of the nation's first hospitals to use the Medtronic Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) System, the smallest implantable cardiac monitoring device available.

From Medtronic 13 Mar 2014

Scientists honored for orthopedic breakthroughs at 2014 AAOS Annual Meeting

The Kappa Delta Sorority and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation presented four research awards today to scientists who are performing research that translates to improvements in patient treatment and care.

13 Mar 2014

Teaching independence to adolescents with autism can boost chances for success after high school

Researchers at UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) and UNC's School of Education report that teaching independence to adolescents with autism can provide a crucial boost to their chances for success after high school.

13 Mar 2014

New improved rehabilitation techniques for patients suffering from amputation and stroke

When use of a dominant hand is lost by amputation or stroke, a patient is forced to compensate by using the nondominant hand exclusively for precision tasks like writing or drawing.

13 Mar 2014

GE announces winners of the GE Healthcare 2013 Cell Imaging Competition

GE Healthcare Life Sciences (NYSE:GE) today announced Vanessa Auld from Canada, Martin Barr from Ireland and Graham Wright from Singapore as the winners of the GE Healthcare 2013 Cell Imaging Competition.

12 Mar 2014

MEDIAN Technologies inks €700K deal with leading pharmaceutical company

MEDIAN Technologies, a leading medical imaging software solutions developer and a service provider for image interpretation and management in oncology clinical trials, today announced it has signed a contract with a global top five pharmaceutical company.

12 Mar 2014

Study focuses on delinquent adolescents diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder

Adolescents with antisocial personality disorder inflict serious physical and psychological harm on both themselves and others. However, little is yet known about the underlying neural processes.

12 Mar 2014

Researchers identify distinct profiles of brain activity present when making decisions

Although choosing to do something because the perceived benefit outweighs the financial cost is something people do daily, little is known about what happens in the brain when a person makes these kinds of decisions.

12 Mar 2014

$New MRI can show detailed image following fracture repair without distortion by metal surgical screws$

New MRI can show detailed image following fracture repair without distortion by metal surgical screws

People who sustain the most common type of hip fracture, known as a femoral neck fracture, are at increased risk of complications. A special type of MRI developed at Hospital for Special Surgery in collaboration with GE Healthcare can show a detailed image following fracture repair, without the distortion caused by metal surgical screws that are problematic in standard MRIs.

12 Mar 2014

Oncologists use mathematical model to develop treatment plans for cancer patients

Physics applies to everything. So when Vittorio Cristini, PhD, started researching cancer, he applied physics. The result he got was a set of mathematical equations that describe, for each person, how many of their tumor cells a cancer treatment could kill.

12 Mar 2014

Imaging News and Research

Frontal lobe atrophy identified in poor sleepers

Dampened reward response tied to schizophrenia risk

Researchers map visual system amplifier that is directly activated by walking or running

Brain-mapping experiment proves that schizophrenia patients have impaired ability to imitate

Schizophrenia patients show abnormal brain activity when imitating simple hand gestures

UC Davis MIND Institute named Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

University of Chicago/ MBL announce first two recipients of Frank R. Lillie Research Innovation Awards

FDA approves expansion of BIOTRONIK's ongoing ProMRI trial

New methods of measuring and monitoring brain temperature

Patient with advanced bladder cancer shows complete response to everolimus and pazopanib drugs

University of Michigan uses Medtronic Reveal LINQ ICM System to monitor heart-related problems

Scientists honored for orthopedic breakthroughs at 2014 AAOS Annual Meeting

Teaching independence to adolescents with autism can boost chances for success after high school

New improved rehabilitation techniques for patients suffering from amputation and stroke

GE announces winners of the GE Healthcare 2013 Cell Imaging Competition

MEDIAN Technologies inks €700K deal with leading pharmaceutical company

Study focuses on delinquent adolescents diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder

Researchers identify distinct profiles of brain activity present when making decisions

New MRI can show detailed image following fracture repair without distortion by metal surgical screws

Oncologists use mathematical model to develop treatment plans for cancer patients

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