http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Aalto University Tiina Näsi, a researcher of biomedical engineering at Aalto University, studied in her doctoral thesis the use of light in measuring the brain's blood circulation. This optical measurement may in the future help discover the cause of sleep disorders as well as their close connection with cardiovascular diseases. The method is currently being tested in a hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-doctoral-dissertation-cerebral-circulation.html Medical research Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:16:32 EST news284966182 Replacement of prostheses is unpleasant to the patient and expensive to society. Replacement of failed hip prostheses gives rise to an expenditure of about 10 million euros yearly in Finland. A usual reason for the need to change a prosthesis is its becoming detached from bone. A recent doctoral dissertation at Aalto University has come across several methods with which the adhesion of implants to bone can be improved. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-methods-implant-bone.html Medical research Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:10:04 EST news282379339 Women own and wear jewellery for the sake of others. Through their use of jewellery, women indicate belonging to a certain group, such as family or persons with a similar worldview or values. Jewellery is important for women, as it is associated with a number of significant memories and personal experiences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-memories-piece-jewellery-important-woman.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:44:14 EST news278577840 Researchers from Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM have developed a triumphant solution for predicting responses of breast cancer cells to a set of cancer drugs. The prediction is based on the genomic profiles of the cancer cells. Harnessing genomic profiles of cells in choosing the best treatment is considered the holy grail of personalised medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-excel-cancer-drug-sensitivity.html Cancer Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:45:45 EST news272544339 How does electrical stimulation affect the brain? A project by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, launched in early 2012, studies the impact mechanism of deep brain stimulation and develops electrochemical sensors for more effective measuring of neurotransmitters in the brain. The long-term goals of the research are more specific treatment for Parkinson's disease and many other diseases of the nervous system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-chronic-pain-pacemaker-brain.html Neuroscience Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:01:55 EST news267429707 Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have developed the world's first device designed for mapping the human brain that combines whole-head magnetoencephalography (MEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. MEG measures the electrical function and MRI visualizes the structure of the brain. The merging of these two technologies will produce unprecedented accuracy in locating brain electrical activity non-invasively. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-unprecedented-accuracy-brain-electrical-device.html Medical research Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:55:28 EST news262518915 Human brain functions have been studied in the past using relatively simple stimuli, such as pictures of faces and isolated sounds or words. Researchers from Aalto University Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science have now taken a highly different approach: they have studied brain functions in lifelike circumstances. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-brain-revealed-feature.html Neuroscience Tue, 29 May 2012 05:32:57 EST news257488353 Experiencing strong emotions synchronises brain activity across individuals, research team at Aalto University and Turku PET Centre in Finland has revealed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-strong-emotions-peoples-brains.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 24 May 2012 10:59:29 EST news257075959 The birth of sensory perception on the human cerebral cortex is yet to be fully explained. The different areas on the cortex function in cooperation, and no perception is the outcome of only one area working alone. In his doctoral dissertation for the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science in Aalto University Jaakko Kauramäki shows that the auditory cortex is not left to its own devices. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-auditory-cortex-agilely.html Neuroscience Thu, 24 May 2012 07:50:01 EST news257063622