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

Alterations in brain functional connectivity associated with somatic symptom disorder

Alterations in functional connectivity of the brain may help in understanding the neurobiological changes leading to somatic symptom disorder, reports a study in Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society.

4 Apr 2019

Illinois professor works to improve technology in the NICU

The bond between a parent and their child is forged within the first few weeks of life. The nurse places the baby in their parents' arms where it will be comforted and rocked for countless hours of their newborn life.

30 Mar 2019

Researchers report new regenerative medicine approach for treating osteoarthritis of the knee

Researchers at Tokai University report in the journal npj Regenerative Medicine a regenerative medicine approach for treating osteoarthritis of the knee.

25 Mar 2019

Research suggests oxytocin as potential new obesity treatment

The hormone oxytocin reduces the communication between different brain areas involved in the cognitive, sensory and emotional processing of food cues that people with obesity demonstrate when they look at high-calorie foods, according to research being presented Monday at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in New Orleans, La.

25 Mar 2019

Isolated seniors chat online to prevent cognitive decline

Right now, Gene Gilmer is as sharp as ever at 90 years of age. A retired school superintendent who earned his doctorate in math decades ago, Gilmer lives alone and worries about losing the memories that defined his life.

21 Mar 2019

Artificial neural networks can predict how different areas in the brain respond to words

Can artificial intelligence (AI) help us understand how the brain understands language? Can neuroscience help us understand why AI and neural networks are effective at predicting human perception?

21 Mar 2019

Newly engineered nanoscale protein micelles can be tracked by MRI

A team of researchers from New York University has engineered nanoscale protein micelles capable of both delivering chemotherapeutic drugs and of being tracked by magnetic resonance imaging.

21 Mar 2019

Study identifies gene variant associated with accelerated cellular aging

It is well known that psychiatric stress is associated with accelerated aging. Now, a new study shows that a gene mutation interacts with multiple types of psychiatric stress including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pain and sleep disturbances in association with cellular aging.

20 Mar 2019

Researchers measure brain metabolite levels in people with mild memory problems

Using strong and targeted but noninvasive magnets at specific sites in the brains of people with and without mild learning and memory problems, Johns Hopkins researchers report they were able to detect differences in the concentrations of brain chemicals that transmit messages between neurons.

20 Mar 2019

Bruker showcases new analytical systems and applied market solutions at Pittcon 2019

At Pittcon 2019, Bruker this week highlights new and innovative analytical systems and high-value applied market solutions for food analysis, pharma applications, materials science research and quality control, clinical and preclinical research, and advances in scientific software solutions.

From Bruker 19 Mar 2019

Researchers identify way to improve common treatment for PTSD

Researchers may have found a way to improve a common treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder by changing how the brain learns to respond less severely to fearful conditions, according to research published in Journal of Neuroscience.

19 Mar 2019

Study demonstrates effective way to slow progression of cerebrovascular disease in older adults

Elderly people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, who took medicine to keep their 24-hour systolic blood pressure around 130 mm Hg for three years showed significantly less accumulation of harmful brain lesions compared with those taking medicine to maintain a systolic blood pressure around 145 mm Hg, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 68thAnnual Scientific Session.

18 Mar 2019

Stanford researchers detail how hits to the side of the head cause concussion

Concussion researchers have long suggested that damage to the corpus callosum, a thick bundle of nerves that connects the brain's two halves, could result in some common side effects of concussion, like dizziness or vision problems.

13 Mar 2019

New imaging technology could help find tiny tumors

Many types of cancer could be more easily treated if they were detected at an earlier stage. MIT researchers have now developed an imaging system, named "DOLPHIN," which could enable them to find tiny tumors, as small as a couple of hundred cells, deep within the body.

7 Mar 2019

Specific brain activity patterns in people with autism may be used as therapeutic biomarkers

Researchers from Jülich, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, and the UK have discovered specific activity patterns in the brains of people with autism.

7 Mar 2019

Researchers discover previously unknown role for hippocampus during learning

Avid hikers know to be cautious of plants with leaves made up of three leaflets if they are red in the spring or fall. Parents worldwide know the precarious relationship between proximity to bedtime and roughhousing with their children.

6 Mar 2019

People exposed to trauma have less ability to suppress unwanted memories

People exposed to trauma are less able to suppress unwanted emotional memories due to neural and behavioral disruptions in their brain that may contribute to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder.

5 Mar 2019

Noninvasive imaging tools to detect stable ischemic heart disease in women

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Women's Cardiovascular Health, Volume 3, Number 4, 2019, Guest Editor Gladys P. Velarde) pp. 375-389(15); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2019.0007 Viviany R. Taqueti from the Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Heart and Vascular Center, Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA reviews novel imaging approaches for the diagnosis of stable ischemic heart disease in women.

1 Mar 2019

New study shows that people with dyslexia have structural dysfunction in subcortical region

Developmental dyslexia is one of the most widespread learning disabilities. Different therapeutic approaches and learning strategies are used to tackle the reading and writing difficulties associated with dyslexia, but to-date it is impossible to cure dyslexia.

27 Feb 2019

Brain response to mom's voice found to be greatly diminished in children with autism

For most children, the sound of their mother's voice triggers brain activity patterns distinct from those triggered by an unfamiliar voice. But the unique brain response to mom's voice is greatly diminished in children with autism, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

26 Feb 2019

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Alterations in brain functional connectivity associated with somatic symptom disorder

Illinois professor works to improve technology in the NICU

Researchers report new regenerative medicine approach for treating osteoarthritis of the knee

Research suggests oxytocin as potential new obesity treatment

Isolated seniors chat online to prevent cognitive decline

Artificial neural networks can predict how different areas in the brain respond to words

Newly engineered nanoscale protein micelles can be tracked by MRI

Study identifies gene variant associated with accelerated cellular aging

Researchers measure brain metabolite levels in people with mild memory problems

Bruker showcases new analytical systems and applied market solutions at Pittcon 2019

Researchers identify way to improve common treatment for PTSD

Study demonstrates effective way to slow progression of cerebrovascular disease in older adults

Stanford researchers detail how hits to the side of the head cause concussion

New imaging technology could help find tiny tumors

Specific brain activity patterns in people with autism may be used as therapeutic biomarkers

Researchers discover previously unknown role for hippocampus during learning

People exposed to trauma have less ability to suppress unwanted memories

Noninvasive imaging tools to detect stable ischemic heart disease in women

New study shows that people with dyslexia have structural dysfunction in subcortical region

Brain response to mom's voice found to be greatly diminished in children with autism

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