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.
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.
Not exact matches
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 Psychi
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 Psychi
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 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 Inte
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 Inte
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 Inte
tools - 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.