News tagged with magnetic resonance imaging

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The brain recruits its own decision-making circuits to simulate how other people make decisions

A team of researchers led by Hiroyuki Nakahara and Shinsuke Suzuki of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute has identified a set of brain structures that are critical for predicting how other people make decisions.

Neuroscience created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain cells activated, reactivated in learning and memory

(Medical Xpress)—Memories are made of this, the song says. Now neuroscientists have for the first time shown individual mouse brain cells being switched on during learning and later reactivated during memory recall. The ...

Neuroscience created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Extreme macrocephaly treated by shunting and cranial reduction/fixation in 1st week of life

Neurosurgeons at All Children's Hospital/Johns Hopkins Medicine (St. Petersburg, FL) and the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine (Tampa, FL) recently achieved excellent physical and aesthetic results in ...

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

Postpartum women less stressed by threats unrelated to the baby, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Following the birth of a child, new mothers may have an altered perception of stresses around them, showing less interest in threats unrelated to the baby. This change to the neuroendocrine ...

Neuroscience created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain angioplasty and stents found safe and effective for stroke patients

Some stroke patients may benefit from cerebral angioplasty and stent placement, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

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

Combination of imaging exams improves Alzheimer's diagnosis

Employing a combination of imaging and biomarker tests improves the ability of doctors to predict Alzheimer's in patients with mild cognitive impairment, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prostate cancer now detectable by imaging-guided biopsy

Ground-breaking research by a UCLA team of physicians and engineers demonstrates that prostate cancer can be diagnosed using image-guided targeted biopsy.

Cancer created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers examine the neuroscience of mental fatigue

We all perhaps know the feeling of mental exhaustion, but what does it mean physiologically to have mental fatigue? A new study carried out using brain scans could help scientists uncover the neurobiological mechanisms underlying ...

Neuroscience created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain study shows why some people are more in tune with what they want

Wellcome Trust researchers have discovered how the brain assesses confidence in its decisions. The findings explain why some people have better insight into their choices than others.

Neuroscience created Dec 09, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New MRI technology to provide even better images of the inside of the human body

Over the past 30 years, magnetic resonance imaging has evolved into one of the most important imaging procedures in medical diagnostics. With a new approach based on the use of polarized gases and dissolved substances, it ...

Medical research created Dec 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AES: Brain's stress response differs among epilepsy patients

(HealthDay)—There is a significant difference in the brain's response to stress among patients with epilepsy who believe stress is an important factor in seizure control compared to those who do not, according ...

Neuroscience created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Learning to control brain activity improves visual sensitivity

Training human volunteers to control their own brain activity in precise areas of the brain can enhance fundamental aspects of their visual sensitivity, according to a new study. This non-invasive 'neurofeedback' ...

Neuroscience created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Obese children more vulnerable to food advertising

Rates of childhood obesity have tripled in the past 30 years, and food marketing has been implicated as one factor contributing to this trend. Every year, companies spend more than $10 billion in the US marketing their food ...

Overweight and Obesity created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mediation with art therapy can change your brain and lower anxiety

Cancer and stress go hand-in-hand, and high stress levels can lead to poorer health outcomes in cancer patients. The Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine combined creative art therapy with a Mindfulness-based ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

High altitude climbers at risk for brain bleeds

New magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research shows that mountain climbers who experience a certain type of high altitude sickness have traces of bleeding in the brain years after the initial incident, according to a study ...

Neuroscience created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0