News tagged with magnetic resonance imaging

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Focal therapy offers middle ground for some prostate cancer patients

Men with low-risk prostate cancer who previously had to choose between aggressive treatment, with the potential for significant side effects, and active surveillance, with the risk of disease progression, may have a new option. ...

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

Scarring of heart muscle linked with increased risk of death in patients with type of cardiomyopathy

Detection of midwall fibrosis (the presence of scar tissue in the middle of the heart muscle wall) via magnetic resonance imaging among patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (a condition affecting the heart muscle) ...

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

Amputee phantom pain linked to brain retaining picture of missing limb

Changes in the brain following amputation have been linked to pain arising from the missing limb, called 'phantom pain', in an Oxford University brain imaging study.

Neuroscience created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Mental picture of others can be seen using fMRI, new study finds

It is possible to tell who a person is thinking about by analyzing images of his or her brain. Our mental models of people produce unique patterns of brain activation, which can be detected using advanced imaging techniques ...

Neuroscience created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research advances understanding of the human brain

(Medical Xpress)—Advanced neuroimaging techniques are giving researchers new insight into how the human brain plans and controls limb movements. This advance could one day lead to new understanding of disease ...

Neuroscience created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find way to image brain waste removal process, may lead to Alzheimer's diagnostic

(Medical Xpress)—A novel way to image the entire brain's glymphatic pathway, a dynamic process that clears waste and solutes from the brain that otherwise might build-up and contribute to the development ...

Neuroscience created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Human heart tissue development slower than other mammals

The walls of the human heart are a disorganised jumble of tissue until relatively late in pregnancy despite having the shape of a fully functioning heart, according to a pioneering study.

Medical research created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

5-ALA fluorescence guides resection of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme

Neurosurgeons from UC San Francisco describe the use of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) fluorescence in guiding resection of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Ingestion of 5-ALA by a patient before surgery leads to fluorescence ...

Cancer created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blind brain receives 'visual' cues to identify shape

A significant number of blind humans, not unlike bats and dolphins, can localize silent objects in their environment simply by making clicking sounds with their mouth and listening to the returning echoes. Some of these individuals ...

Neuroscience created Feb 18, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The research is in: Physical activity enhances cognition

Exercise doesn't only strengthen your heart and muscles – it also beefs up your brain. Dozens of studies now show that aerobic exercise can increase the size of critical brain structures and improve cognition in children ...

Health created Feb 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Teaching the brain to speak again

Cynthia Thompson, a world-renowned researcher on stroke and brain damage, will discuss her groundbreaking research on aphasia and the neurolinguistic systems it affects Feb. 16 at the annual meeting of the American Association ...

Neuroscience created Feb 16, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Strengthening speech networks to treat aphasia

Aphasia, an impairment in speaking and understanding language after a stroke, is frustrating both for victims and their loved ones. In two talks Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at the conference of the American ...

Neuroscience created Feb 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Behavioral therapy for children with autism can impact brain function

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for before-and-after analysis, a team of researchers including a UC Santa Barbara graduate student discovered positive changes in brain activity in children with autism who ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Software for new cancer screening method

Women may one day have a more accurate, less expensive means of detecting breast cancer, thanks in part to software developed by two South Dakota State University computer science professors.

Cancer created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blood may hold clues to risk of memory problems after menopause, study finds

New Mayo Clinic research suggests that blood may hold clues to whether post-menopausal women may be at an increased risk for areas of brain damage that can lead to memory problems and possibly increased risk of stroke. The ...

Neuroscience created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast