News tagged with diffusion tensor imaging

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Personalized brain mapping technique preserves function following brain tumor surgery

Neurosurgeons can visualize important pathways in the brain using an imaging technique called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), to better adapt brain tumor surgeries and preserve language, visual and motor function while removing ...

Neuroscience created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pig brain models provide insights into human cognitive development

A mutual curiosity about patterns of growth and development in pig brains has brought two University of Illinois research groups together. Animal scientists Rod Johnson and Ryan Dilger have developed a model of the pig brain ...

Neuroscience created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

People with MS-related memory and attention problems have signs of extensive brain damage

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have cognitive problems, or problems with memory, attention, and concentration, have more damage to areas of the brain involved in cognitive processes than people with MS who do not ...

Neuroscience created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer model may help athletes and soldiers avoid brain damage and concussions

(Medical Xpress)—Concussions can occur in sports and in combat, but health experts do not know precisely which jolts, collisions and awkward head movements during these activities pose the greatest risks to the brain. To ...

Neuroscience created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MRI scans gain attention as diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's detection

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists can now detect early features of Alzheimer's disease using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Concussions affect children's brains even after symptoms subside

Brain changes in children who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, persist for months following injury—even after the symptoms of the injury are gone, according to a study published in the December ...

Neuroscience created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imaging shows some brains compensate after traumatic injury

Using a special magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique to image patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), researchers have identified a biomarker that may predict which patients will do well over the long term, ...

Neuroscience created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reading, writing and playing games may help aging brains stay healthy

Mental activities like reading and writing can preserve structural integrity in the brains of older people, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Health created Nov 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

White matter microstructural integrity altered in T1DM

(HealthDay)—Youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) exhibit a pattern of regional diffusion tensor imaging differences that is suggestive of axonal injury or degeneration and may be related to episodes ...

Diabetes created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New MRI technique allows detailed imaging of complex muscle structures and muscle damage

TU/e and the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam have together developed a technique that allows detailed 3D imaging of complex muscle structures of patients. It also allows muscle damage to be detected ...

Medical research created Oct 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough on physical cause of vegetative state, other 'disorders of consciousness'

(Medical Xpress)—By exploring parts of the brain that trigger during periods of daydreaming and mind-wandering, neuroscientists from Western University have made a significant breakthrough in understanding what physically ...

Neuroscience created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

White matter structural changes ID'd in children with T1DM

(HealthDay)—Children with type 1 diabetes have significant structural differences in the white matter of their brain compared to healthy children, which correlates with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) values, according ...

Diabetes created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain imaging reveals reduced brain connections in people with generalized anxiety disorder

(Medical Xpress)—A new University of Wisconsin-Madison imaging study shows the brains of people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have weaker connections between a brain structure that controls emotional response ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chinese mindfulness meditation prompts double positive punch in brain white matter

Scientists studying the Chinese mindfulness meditation known as integrative body-mind training (IBMT) say they've confirmed and expanded their findings on changes in structural efficiency of white matter in the brain that ...

Neuroscience created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

GPS for the brain: Researchers develop new brain map

University of Georgia researchers have developed a map of the human brain that shows great promise as a new guide to the inner workings of the body's most complex and critical organ.

Neuroscience created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast