News tagged with functional magnetic resonance imaging
Related topics: brain , brain activity , brain regions , brain images , brain function
Suspicion resides in two regions of the brain
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on my parahippocampal gyrus.
Neuroscience
May 17, 2012 |
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Pain relief through distraction -- it's not all in your head
Mental distractions make pain easier to take, and those pain-relieving effects aren't just in your head, according to a report published online on May 17 in Current Biology.
Medical research
May 17, 2012 |
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Brain circuitry is different for women with anorexia and obesity
Why does one person become anorexic and another obese? A study recently published by a University of Colorado School of Medicine researcher shows that reward circuits in the brain are sensitized in anorexic women and desensitized ...
Neuroscience
May 14, 2012 |
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Alzheimer's plaques disrupt brain networks
Scientist studying the way Alzheimer's takes root in the brain have identified important new similarities between a mouse model and human Alzheimer's.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Brain scans can predict weight gain and sexual activity: study
At a time when obesity has become epidemic in American society, Dartmouth scientists have found that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scans may be able to predict weight gain. In a study published April ...
Neuroscience
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Pattern of disc degeneration impacts low back pain
(HealthDay) -- Contiguous, multilevel disc degeneration (CMDD) is associated with increased likelihood of low back pain (LBP) and pain severity compared with skipped level disc degeneration (SLDD), according ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Neuroscientists work to helps soldiers break camouflage
Researchers want to help the Army better camouflage its soldiers and break the enemy's efforts to hide.
Neuroscience
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Transneuronal spread model fits neurodegenerative disease
(HealthDay) -- Neurodegenerative diseases may be characterized by specific regions of the brain that are critical network epicenters, with disease-related vulnerability associated with shorter paths to the ...
Neuroscience
Mar 24, 2012 |
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Seeing movement: Why the world in our head stays still when we move our eyes
Scientists from Germany discovered new functions of brain regions that are responsible for seeing movement.
Neuroscience
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Imaging study reveals differences in brain function for children with math anxiety
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown for the first time how brain function differs in people who have math anxiety from those who don't.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Children at risk for schizophrenia show disordered brain networks
A team of neuroscientists led by a Wayne State University School of Medicine professor has discovered stark developmental differences in brain network function in children of parents with schizophrenia when compared to those ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Study shows how the brain responds to deceptive advertising
Several specific regions of our brains are activated in a two-part process when we are exposed to deceptive advertising, according to new research conducted by a North Carolina State University professor. The work opens the ...
Neuroscience
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Cognitive rehabilitation improves brain performance in patients with MS
In a new study published in the March issue of Radiology, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows that cognitive rehabilitation changes brain function and improves cognitive performance in patients with relaps ...
Inflammatory disorders
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Getting the measure of MRI
(Medical Xpress) -- A method for imaging the brain that has largely been confined to neuroscience labs may now find its place as a proper tool for medical diagnosis.
Neuroscience
Feb 14, 2012 |
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What does love look like?
What does love look like? A dozen roses delivered on an ordinary weekday? Breakfast in bed? Or just a knowing glance between lovers?
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 10, 2012 |
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