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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging technique which physicians use for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.

Dreams can help us react better to frightening situations

Do bad dreams serve a real purpose? To answer this question, researchers from the University of Geneva and University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland, - working in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin (USA) - analyzed the dreams of a number of people and identified which areas of the brain were activated when they experienced fear in their dreams.

25 Nov 2019

MRI reveals signs of brain damage among obese adolescents

Biomedical imaging of obese adolescents' brains has revealed signs of damage that may be related to inflammation.

25 Nov 2019

Meta-analysis reveals brain areas involved in decision-making for social punishment

Oksana Zinchenko, Research Fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, HSE University, has conducted meta-analysis of 17 articles to find out which areas of the brain are involved decision-making for rendering social punishment.

22 Nov 2019

Movements affect the processing of visual stimuli

How do we perceive our environment? What is the influence of sensory stimuli on the peripheral nervous system and what on the brain? Science has an interest in this question for many reasons. In the long term, insights from this research could contribute to a better understanding of diseases such as ADHD and Parkinson's disease.

20 Nov 2019

Certain brain regions must be intact in stroke survivors with aphasia for successful speech entrainment

In an article in Brain, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and elsewhere report which brain regions must be intact in stroke survivors with aphasia if they are to perform well in a speech entrainment session, successfully following along with another speaker.

12 Nov 2019

Methotrexate reduces joint damage in hand osteoarthritis

A new study presented at the 2019 ACR/ARP meeting shows that methotrexate stopped further damage to the hand joints and even perhaps improved bone remodeling in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand, when they were assessed at 3 and 12 months.

11 Nov 2019

Study compares ultrasound versus conventional strategies in early rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers have found that using the information form ultrasound technology in the treatment protocol did not affect the outcome of the patients with Rheumatoid arthritis. The study titled, “Ultrasound versus Conventional Treat-To-Target Strategies in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Outcome Data from a 2-year Randomized Controlled Strategy Trial,” was presented at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting.

11 Nov 2019

New RO1 grant awarded to improve imaging techniques for detecting breast cancer

Mammography is the current state-of-the-art method for detecting and diagnosing breast cancer. However, even a mammogram doesn't detect certain subtle breast cancers, especially those in younger women who typically have denser breast tissue.

11 Nov 2019

Gadolinium-enhanced MRI of shoulders helps predict recurrence of polymyalgia rheumatica

According to new research findings presented this week at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting, use of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in shoulders of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica may contribute to more accurate diagnosis and prediction of recurrence.

11 Nov 2019

Methotrexate appears to facilitate bone remodeling in patients with osteoarthritis

According to new research findings presented at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting, methotrexate did not demonstrate superior efficacy over placebo for pain relief and function evolution at three and 12 months in patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis.

11 Nov 2019

Musical pleasure linked to right combination of uncertainty and surprise

Why is it that people find songs such as James Taylor's "Country Roads," UB40's "Red, Red Wine," or The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" so irresistibly enjoyable? In a study reported in the journal Current Biology on November 7, researchers analyze 80,000 chords in 745 classic U.S. Billboard pop songs--including those three--and find that musical pleasure comes from the right combination of uncertainty and surprise.

8 Nov 2019

Placenta imaging method has potential to diagnose complications in early pregnancy

A new imaging technique to track maternal blood flow to the placenta has the potential to help diagnose several common complications in early pregnancy, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

7 Nov 2019

Deep sleep may reduce anxiety levels

A study has found that a sleepless night can raise anxiety levels by up to 30% the following day.

7 Nov 2019

New 'intelligent' metamaterial could make MRI faster, safer, and more accessible

Boston University researchers have developed a new, "intelligent" metamaterial--which costs less than ten bucks to build--that could revolutionize magnetic resonance imaging, making the entire MRI process faster, safer, and more accessible to patients around the world.

5 Nov 2019

Head impacts, not age, determine brain's white matter changes in football players

Magnetic resonance imaging scans performed at the beginning and end of football season show significant changes in the brain's white matter in both youth and high school football players, reports a study in Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine.

5 Nov 2019

Discovery of first blue light emitting South American insect

A rainforest reserve, bordering the mighty Atlantic, in the Sao Paulo state of Brazil, is now in the news because scientists saw a flash of blue while they were gathering mushrooms. Indeed, this privately-owned Reserva Betary park can boast the honor of being host to the newly discovered species of fungus gnat, named Neoceroplatus betaryiensis, the larva of which is the first bioluminescent creature found in the Neotropics that emits blue light.

31 Oct 2019

Education level and socioeconomic status can predict thinking and memory performance

How well eight-year-olds score on a test of thinking skills may be a predictor of how they will perform on tests of thinking and memory skills when they are 70 years old, according to a study published in the October 30, 2019, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

31 Oct 2019

New contrast agent improves MRI diagnosis of early liver fibrosis

A new compound has been invented to bind to liver cells that are in the early stages of damage, thus making it easier to pick them up using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).

30 Oct 2019

MRI contrast agent enables early detection of liver disease

Researchers have developed a new MRI contrast dye that enables more accurate and safer detection of early-stage liver disease than currently approved agents.

30 Oct 2019

Functional connectome of fetal brain begins to take form in utero

The fundamental organization of brain networks is established in utero during the second and third trimesters of fetal development, according to research published in JNeurosci. The finding lays the groundwork for understanding how the prenatal period shapes future brain function.

From Society for Neuroscience 30 Oct 2019

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Dreams can help us react better to frightening situations

MRI reveals signs of brain damage among obese adolescents

Meta-analysis reveals brain areas involved in decision-making for social punishment

Movements affect the processing of visual stimuli

Certain brain regions must be intact in stroke survivors with aphasia for successful speech entrainment

Methotrexate reduces joint damage in hand osteoarthritis

Study compares ultrasound versus conventional strategies in early rheumatoid arthritis

New RO1 grant awarded to improve imaging techniques for detecting breast cancer

Gadolinium-enhanced MRI of shoulders helps predict recurrence of polymyalgia rheumatica

Methotrexate appears to facilitate bone remodeling in patients with osteoarthritis

Musical pleasure linked to right combination of uncertainty and surprise

Placenta imaging method has potential to diagnose complications in early pregnancy

Deep sleep may reduce anxiety levels

New 'intelligent' metamaterial could make MRI faster, safer, and more accessible

Head impacts, not age, determine brain's white matter changes in football players

Discovery of first blue light emitting South American insect

Education level and socioeconomic status can predict thinking and memory performance

New contrast agent improves MRI diagnosis of early liver fibrosis

MRI contrast agent enables early detection of liver disease

Functional connectome of fetal brain begins to take form in utero

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