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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging technique which physicians use for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.

Study provides an important advancement of knowledge by showing neural compensation in healthy aging brains

Researchers performed complete-brain voxel-wise fMRI to identify brain areas with functional-type compensation.

9 Feb 2024

Intravenous DMT shows promise in reducing depression symptoms, study reveals

A study in Scientific Reports shows intravenous DMT can significantly reduce depression severity in healthy volunteers, highlighting its potential as a therapeutic psychedelic intervention for mental health disorders.

8 Feb 2024

New MRI method enables early detection and better monitoring of multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that usually leads to permanent disabilities. It affects around 2.9 million people worldwide, and around 15,000 in Switzerland alone.

8 Feb 2024

Study shows distinct patterns of brain connectivity between pre-term and term babies

A new King's College London scanning study of 390 babies has shown distinct patterns between term and pre-term babies in the moment-to-moment activity and connectivity of brain networks.

8 Feb 2024

Study discovers a direct connection between the brain and its surrounding environment

In a recent study of the brain's waste drainage system, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis, collaborating with investigators at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a part of the National Institute of Health (NIH), discovered a direct connection between the brain and its tough protective covering, the dura mater.

8 Feb 2024

From stories to science: How listening together unveils parent-child brain signatures

Shared neural fingerprints between parents and their children while listening to stories.

7 Feb 2024

Eleven stroke researchers to be recognized during the 2024 International Stroke Conference

Eleven scientists leading the way in stroke research will be recognized during the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2024 for their exceptional professional achievements.

6 Feb 2024

Interdisciplinary dream team receives $3 million grant to revolutionize Alzheimer's diagnosis

What do a synthetic chemist, a medical imaging expert, and a neurologist have in common? They're coming together in the Biomedical Imaging Center at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology to develop better diagnostic tools and imaging agents to detect early-stage Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

6 Feb 2024

The impact of tackle football on adolescent brain structure and function

Researchers investigated adolescent footballer brain architecture and neurophysiological features.

6 Feb 2024

Maternal happiness in pregnancy boosts child brain development, study finds

Maternal happiness during pregnancy is linked to larger hippocampus volumes in daughters and altered brain connectivity in children at 7.5 years, suggesting positive emotions may enhance fetal brain development.

5 Feb 2024

World's largest brain study reveals how childhood trauma rewires vital neural pathways

The world's largest brain study of childhood trauma has revealed how it affects development and rewires vital pathways.

5 Feb 2024

Maternal happiness during pregnancy linked to child's brain development

Study reveals that maternal emotional well-being during pregnancy is linked to significant brain development benefits in children, particularly in the hippocampal volume of female offspring.

30 Jan 2024

Study unmasks secrets of glioma's invasive margins

High-grade gliomas are cancerous tumors that spread quickly in the brain or spinal cord.

30 Jan 2024

New study of daylight vision using canine model offers critical insight into restoring cone function

In the retinas of human eyes, the cones are photoreceptor cells responsible for color vision, daylight vision, and the perception of small details.

27 Jan 2024

Low-dose radiation shows promise as treatment for brain injury and stroke

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and ischemic stroke are major public health concerns and leading causes of death and disability worldwide.

27 Jan 2024

Noninvasive diagnostic tool for identification of NASH by visualizing hepatic steatosis and inflammation

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), recently renamed metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), is spectrum of diseases that ranges from non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

26 Jan 2024

Large study confirms locked-in syndrome as the predominant outcome of non-fatal pediatric drowning

It is a far cry from the traditionally thought-of "vegetative state" in which the mind is absent while the body lives on. Indeed, it is the opposite.

25 Jan 2024

Long COVID's impact on cardiovascular health: what we do and do not know

Researchers review the cardiovascular effects of long COVID.

23 Jan 2024

Team approach to prostate cancer: PCPs and urologists offer hope with active surveillance

This study considers the perspectives of primary care physicians (PCPs) and urologists on what facilitates and what creates barriers to active surveillance (AS) care for men with low-risk prostate cancer.

22 Jan 2024

Socioeconomic conditions can shape the brain's sensitivity to rewarding experiences

MIT neuroscientists have found that the brain's sensitivity to rewarding experiences -; a critical factor in motivation and attention -; can be shaped by socioeconomic conditions.

22 Jan 2024

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Study provides an important advancement of knowledge by showing neural compensation in healthy aging brains

Intravenous DMT shows promise in reducing depression symptoms, study reveals

New MRI method enables early detection and better monitoring of multiple sclerosis

Study shows distinct patterns of brain connectivity between pre-term and term babies

Study discovers a direct connection between the brain and its surrounding environment

From stories to science: How listening together unveils parent-child brain signatures

Eleven stroke researchers to be recognized during the 2024 International Stroke Conference

Interdisciplinary dream team receives $3 million grant to revolutionize Alzheimer's diagnosis

The impact of tackle football on adolescent brain structure and function

Maternal happiness in pregnancy boosts child brain development, study finds

World's largest brain study reveals how childhood trauma rewires vital neural pathways

Maternal happiness during pregnancy linked to child's brain development

Study unmasks secrets of glioma's invasive margins

New study of daylight vision using canine model offers critical insight into restoring cone function

Low-dose radiation shows promise as treatment for brain injury and stroke

Noninvasive diagnostic tool for identification of NASH by visualizing hepatic steatosis and inflammation

Large study confirms locked-in syndrome as the predominant outcome of non-fatal pediatric drowning

Long COVID's impact on cardiovascular health: what we do and do not know

Team approach to prostate cancer: PCPs and urologists offer hope with active surveillance

Socioeconomic conditions can shape the brain's sensitivity to rewarding experiences

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