Sentences with phrase «brain imaging tool»

Her Lab (Brain Development: Perception to Action) uses a combination of behavioural and brain imaging tools (i.e. DTI and EEG) to probe the brain and investigate the patterns of brain activation as they relate to perceptual - motor and social - emotional development in children and youth.

Thanks to new brain imaging tools such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magneto - encephalography (MEG), the skull has become virtually transparent, and the anatomy and activity of the living human brain is being revealed in increasing detail.

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SIGNA ™ Premier is a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system developed through the GE - NFL Head Health Initiative, which aimed to develop new imaging tools, particularly to aid in the detection of biomarkers for the potential diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury.

However, investigating metabolic abnormalities in the brain has been hindered by lack of a good imaging tools.

Currently there is no tool seen as a gold standard for diagnosing concussions, and imaging tests like CT - scans and MRIs are ineffective in the absence of structural damage to the brain.

In the July issue of Neuron, a team at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, describes a powerful new imaging tool that helps read the brain's «smell code.»

His primary tool is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which can create images of the brain responding as the body is hurting.

Using chemicals like these in combination with new imaging tools, such as the multi-photon confocal microscope, has enabled researchers to explore the minuscule world of the neuron and observe brain cells in action with far more precision.

«The major advancement of this new tool is the ability to use a low - cost and accessible imaging method such as EEG to depict deeply located brain activity,» said both senior author Dr. Talma Hendler of Tel - Aviv University in Israel and The Sagol Brain Center at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and first author Jackob Keynan, a PhD student in Hendler's laboratory, in an email to Biological Psychibrain activity,» said both senior author Dr. Talma Hendler of Tel - Aviv University in Israel and The Sagol Brain Center at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and first author Jackob Keynan, a PhD student in Hendler's laboratory, in an email to Biological PsychiBrain Center at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and first author Jackob Keynan, a PhD student in Hendler's laboratory, in an email to Biological Psychiatry.

One of Cohen's main tools was functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the same instrument Greene and Cushman used to observe blood oxygen levels in different regions of the brain.

«High - resolution brain imaging provides clues about memory loss in older adults: UCI - led study reveals potential tool for early dementia diagnosis.»

Using computer science to understand the human brain is a relatively new field that is expanding rapidly thanks to advancements in computing speed and power, along with neuroscience imaging tools.

Even as brain imaging has become a common tool for looking at the innermost workings of the mind, its use to study postpartum depression has been sparse.

Your call for caution in the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as a research tool for assessing and explaining brain function was timely (19 October, p 32), particularly as it is widely used to pinpoint male - female differences in cognitive abilities and performance.

Dr. Gradinaru's research interests focus on developing tools and methods for neuroscience (optogenetic actuators and sensors; tissue clearing and imaging) as well as on investigating the mechanisms underlying deep brain stimulation (DBS) and on the long - term effects of DBS on neuronal health, function, and ultimately behavior.

«Integrating these molecular imaging tools offers the opportunity to investigate the possible independent and synergistic contribution of these protein pathologies in neurodegeneration in the living brain and, therefore, greatly advance our understanding of the mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease,» said Drzezga.

«Researchers devise tool to improve imaging of neuronal activity in the brain.»

It doesn't hurt that Michael Phelps at UCLA is coinventor of PET imaging and was a pioneer in realizing that what had been an abstruse mathematical tool — the Radon transform — allows three - dimensional reconstruction of a living brain.

To do this they will combine several imaging tools including something called diffusion MRI, which maps the structure of the white matter that insulates the «wires» of the brain, and also resting - state MRI, which measures how brain regions oscillate in unison as a result of shared connections.

Still, Sheehan said neuroscience already is one of the leaders in data sharing and management, with such resources as the NIH - funded National Database for Autism Research; an NIH - Defense Department sponsored data base on traumatic brain injury; the NIH - funded Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC), which helps researchers to develop, share and collaborate on software tools for doing functional and structural imaging studies of the brain; and the Neuroscience Information Framework, an NIH initiative that makes neuroscience resources - data, materials, and tools - accessible via any computer connected to the InteTools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC), which helps researchers to develop, share and collaborate on software tools for doing functional and structural imaging studies of the brain; and the Neuroscience Information Framework, an NIH initiative that makes neuroscience resources - data, materials, and tools - accessible via any computer connected to the Intetools for doing functional and structural imaging studies of the brain; and the Neuroscience Information Framework, an NIH initiative that makes neuroscience resources - data, materials, and tools - accessible via any computer connected to the Intetools - accessible via any computer connected to the Internet.

In studying the functional behavior of the brain, from control of muscles to the formation of memories, scientists are using such tools such as electron microscopy, recordings of electrical signals from individual brain cells, and imaging of brain structures and processes using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and high - resolution optical imaging.

The rest will be devoted to two groundbreaking clinical trials, one of which builds on the fact that Alzheimer's begins to attack the brain 10 - 15 years before symptoms appear — a conclusion confirmed by new imaging tools that allow the disease to be monitored in living people.

The methods used to conduct studies on modern humans crafting ancient tools was limited until recently by brain imaging technology.

Director of the Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, Professor Peter Morris, said: «Functional magnetic resonance imaging is the main tool available to cognitive neuroscientists for the investigation of human brain function.

By using highly advanced brain imaging technology to observe modern humans crafting ancient tools, an Indiana University neuroarchaeologist has found evidence that human - like ways of thinking may have emerged as early as 1.8 million years ago.

A self - described «recovering molecular biophysicist,» Ellisman gave a polished presentation about the latest tools for studying the brain at the Frontiers in Chemical Imaging Seminar Series July 26 at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

We combine behavioral economics and social psychology tools with imaging and psychophysiological techniques to investigate the brain mechanisms that support these complex processes.

The scientists used a tool called magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, to see inside people's brains.

In addition to the normal tools of the cell biologist's trade, Simona's lab uses intravital imaging to peer into the brains of mice.

Dr. Raichle's research led to the development and use of positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging, tools that have enabled scientists to safely and non-invasively study the living human brain and track and record its function in health and disease.

In the worm, we are developing tools to monitor neuromodulation at cellular resolution in an intact brain and using them to directly measure endogenous peptide release and binding to receptors on identified neurons using real - time approaches for imaging neuropeptide signaling, in order to understand the dynamics of this process in a living animal.

NYSCF — Robertson Investigator Alumnus Ed Boyden, PhD, and his team at the MIT Media Lab have recently developed a new tool for imaging the electrical activity of neurons in the brain using a fluorescent protein that glows when the neuron is active.

Funded by a partnership grant from Eli Lilly & Company to create non-credit training / informational tools about PET brain imaging for technologists.

Today he works on novel neural stimulation methods, whole - brain imaging of neural dynamics in larval zebrafish, and computational tools for the big data problems that arise from volumetric neural imaging datasets.

Research is beginning to show the connection In a 2005 study, researchers at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures activity in different areas of the brain, to see whether subjects could learn to control a brain region involved in pain and whether that could be a tool for altering their pain perception.

But theres good news, whatever your level of obsessive compulsive behavior: Over the last decade or so, a flurry of research (some with high - tech imaging tools that let doctors peer into the brains of people with OCD) has yielded a better understanding of why some peoples disturbing thoughts and odd habits spin out of control.

Since it is noninvasive and safe, MRI is an excellent diagnostic tool that can lead to early detection and treatment of many health issues by imaging soft tissue and providing information about your pet's brain, spinal cord, sinus cavities, nose, ears, as well as joints and internal organs.

It provides high quality images with excellent detail and resolution of the brain and spinal cord compared to other imaging tools, such as computed tomography (commonly referred to as a CAT scan).

Whereas previous efforts for identifying personality differences relied upon simple, direct, human observation, neuroscience introduced powerful brain analysis tools like Electroencephalography (EEG), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to this study.