Sentences with phrase «imaging studies using»

Imaging studies using these composite measures of SES have found significant correlations between composite scores and regions in the medial temporal lobe and frontal lobe (Raizada et al., 2008; Jednoróg et al., 2012), but without knowing associations to specific SES markers, it is difficult to compare these studies with other structural imaging studies.

«Some imaging studies using mouse models of Alzheimer's disease had revealed the presence in these mice's brains of tiny, mysterious black dots that could signal the presence of iron, an element that shows up dark under MRI and, in certain chemical forms, can be highly reactive and inflammation - inducing,» Rutt said.

The study team conducted a series of behavioral and brain imaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

Not exact matches

A study published in Current Biology used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) of the brains of three to seven month old infants to assess brain activity in relationship to sound.

In a 2012 study, [8] researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) measured before - and - after data from the brains of a group of nine high school football and hockey players using an advanced form of imaging similar to an MRI called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).

Using DTI imaging technique, researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, found in a 2013 study [16] significant differences in brain white matter of varsity football and hockey players compared with a group of non-contact-sport athletes, with the number of times they were hit correlated with changes in the white matter.

In the new study, the researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to record brain responses in sleeping babies while they were presented with emotionally neutral, positive, or negative human vocalizations or nonvocal environmental sounds.

Studies have shown that trying to use ultrasounds or other imaging to guesstimate whether the baby (or babies) will fit through mom's pelvis doesn't help the birth outcome.

For the purposes of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth care.

The test, Raven's Progressive Matrices, usually entails both visual and symbolic reasoning, although brain imaging of study subjects with autism showed they were able to score well using only the areas of their brains associated with visual processes.

Hristov then did a postdoc with Thomas Kunz at Boston University using thermal imaging and 3D visualization to study bat behavior in the Texas Hill Country and to get a more accurate census of the Brazilian free - tailed bat population at Carlsbad Cavern in New Mexico.

Key brain regions have been identified by imaging studies, as have key neurochemical pathways bringing about the possibility of using drugs to block the nocebo effect.

A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reports a link between reduced functional activation and reduced cortical thickness in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder.

SPHERE's primary task is to discover and study giant exoplanets orbiting nearby stars using direct imaging.

A 2004 brain - imaging study revealed that even thinking about a favorite food triggered release of dopamine, a feel - good hormone also produced during sex and drug use.

«There was this initial thought that [circulating tumor cells] are only present at late stage,» says Sollier - Christen, but she notes that in the past year, several studies using more sensitive techniques have found such cells much earlier in tumor development, even before the tumor becomes visible by conventional imaging techniques.

Professor Jianfeng Feng commented that new technology has made it possible to conduct this trail - blazing study: «human intelligence is a widely and hotly debated topic and only recently have advanced brain imaging techniques, such as those used in our current study, given us the opportunity to gain sufficient insights to resolve this and inform developments in artificial intelligence, as well as help establish the basis for understanding and diagnosis of debilitating human mental disorders such as schizophrenia and depression.»

In a new study, published today in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, researchers used a combination of 3D imaging and 3D printing techniques to create a custom silicone guide implanted with biochemical cues to help nerve regeneration.

They studied the bone metabolism at the cellular level using advanced imaging and computational techniques, which allowed them to identify 142 metabolites that were significantly altered by more than 1.5 times in the diabetic mice.

Gaglia notes that the ferumoxytol dose used in this imaging study is approximately one quarter of the dose used therapeutically for iron replacement.

A pilot study led by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center has revealed that it is possible to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to «see» the inflammation in the pancreas that leads to type 1 diabetes.

This clinical study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, tested the possibility of imaging inflammation in the pancreas of human volunteers using ferumoxytol, a coated iron nanoparticle approved by the FDA as an iron replacement therapy, and MRI.

Using data from National Database for Autism Research (NDAR), lead author Kristina Denisova, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at CUMC and Fellow at the Sackler Institute, studied 71 high and low risk infants who underwent two functional Magnetic Resonance imaging brain scans either at 1 - 2 months or at 9 - 10 months: one during a resting period of sleep and a second while native language was presented to the infants.

Richard Hargreaves, executive director of imaging at Merck Research Laboratories, says, «Nuclear imaging using radiotracers gives the opportunity to put your arms around proof - of - concept very early in a drug discovery and development program by focusing the selection of doses to study on those proven to deliver enough drug to the target therapeutic sites.»

French researchers used clinical examinations and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies to determine whether retired professional rugby players experience more serious symptoms of cervical spine degeneration than people in the general population.

In a study under way at USP's Neuroimaging Laboratory (LIM - 21), the researchers are now seeking to correlate the cognitive profile observed in the two groups of cocaine - dependent patients with decision - making and resting - state brain activity, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

A recent study by investigators from LIJ Medical Center demonstrated that using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in men with an elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) resulted in a prostate cancer detection rate that was twice as high as data reported in the March 1999 Prostate journal that analyzed men undergoing the standard 12 - core biopsy with an elevated PSA.

In this new study and for the first time, scientists used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) combined with a standard clinical trial design to derive an unbiased brain - based neurological marker to predict analgesia associated with placebo treatment in patients with chronic knee osteoarthritis pain.

Using magnetic resonance imaging, Dr. Kahleová and colleagues then studied adipose (fat - storage) tissue in the subjects» thighs to see how the two different diets had affected subcutaneous, subfascial and intramuscular fat (that is, fat under the skin, on the surface of muscles and inside muscles).

Merkler plans to study the connections between retinal infarction and stroke using brain magnetic resonance imaging tests to see what's happening.

For the present study, researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess brain response to sensory stimulation in 35 women with fibromyalgia and 25 healthy, age - matched controls.

Targeted biopsy using new fusion technology that combines magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with ultrasound is more effective than standard biopsy in detecting high - risk prostate cancer, according to a large - scale study published today in JAMA.

Results of the study showed that there were a total of 393 suspected lesions found in soft tissue and bone using all imaging modalities, collectively.

In a new study led by the University of Sussex, geoscientists from the British Geological Survey and the Technical University of Munich reveal that using a micro-seismic technique, which detects tiny earthquakes which cause cracks in the rock, alongside modern electrical imaging technology, which measures rock mass, would provide scientists with much earlier warnings of potential rock falls.

«Using imaging tests to detect disease in carotid or coronary arteries before it causes symptoms can better identify healthy individuals at increased risk than our current, traditional risk assessment methods,» says the study's principal investigator Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician - in - Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital.

Dr. Aron and colleagues based their study's conclusions on a neuroimaging study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning that measures brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow.

This study used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate the impact of a very low calorie diet on heart function and the distribution of fat in the abdomen, liver, and heart muscle.

She wondered whether the sampling used in brain imaging studies might affect the results scientists were seeing.

A study of concussion patients using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) found that males took longer to recover after concussion than females did.

Earlier, for his Ph.D., he used his physics training to study biological interactions at the molecular resolution — but for his postdoc he changed approaches dramatically, turning to cell biology and applying his skills to the development of high - resolution functional imaging of DNA transcription in living cells.

A study by Eawag and Zurich University researchers using a new imaging method has revealed that, surprisingly, cocaine accumulates in the eyes of zebrafish.

«Our study reveals for the first time using brain imaging that engaging in exciting or what we call «self - expanding» activities, such as puzzle - solving, games, or hobbies with one's partner, appears to reduce craving for nicotine,» said Dr. Aron.

Over three days, Muzik and Diwadkar studied Hof's brain and body functions using two distinct imaging techniques — including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study his brain and positron emission tomography (PET) to study his body.

A study published in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry tested a new imaging method that provided reliable neurofeedback on the level of amygdala activity using electroencephalography (EEG), and allowed people to alter their own emotional responses through self - regulation of its activity.

His study, conducted with U-M cardiologist Brahmajee Nallamothu, M.D., M.P.H. and team at the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, looked at the type of stress test known as SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, which can use Tc - 99m or, less precisely, thallium - 201.

A study tested a new imaging method that provided reliable neurofeedback on the level of amygdala activity using electroencephalography (EEG), and allowed people to alter their own emotional responses through self - regulation of its activity.

The scientists studied 13 patients with acute spinal cord injuries every three months for a year using novel MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) protocols.

At the University of Arizona, psychologist and neuroscientist Richard Lane hopes to make brain - imaging techniques more relevant by using those techniques to study the neuroanatomy of emotions and their expressions.

Following up on the discovery, an international team of scientists led by the Swiss astronomer Vincent Bourrier from the Observatoire de l'Université de Genève, used the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study the amount of ultraviolet radiation received by the individual planets of the system.

The new study, published online in Public Health Reports on Aug. 25, is the first to use digital imaging to capture students» lunch trays before and after they exited the lunch line.