Some studies involve in - depth assessments
like brain imaging, biological samples, detailed questionnaires and other tests.
Not exact matches
Using sophisticated computer - driven
imaging techniques
like PET (positive emission tomography) and the MRI (magnetic resonance
imaging), researchers opened up new details about the operation of the
brain.
New technologies,
like functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI), allow us to look inside the
brain when it's in the throes of love — or just mere attachment love.
«It's kind of
like weight training,» said Richard Davidson, PhD, psychology and psychiatry professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, director of the Waisman Laboratory for
Brain Imaging and Behavior, and founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
After
imaging defiant metastatic cells in the
brains of mice, researchers noticed that the cells that were able to survive grew on top of blood capillaries, each cell sticking closely to its vessel «
like a panda bear hugging a tree trunk,» Dr. Massagué says.
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.
When he and a control subject, another sensation - seeking rock climber, viewed gruesome, high - arousal photographs during functional magnetic resonance
imaging brain scans, Honnold's amygdala ─ the
brain's fear center ─ showed zero activation while the other climber's lit up
like a neon sign.
To find out what happens in the
brain, fifteen people who
like cheese and fifteen who do not were selected and participated in a functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI) study.
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.
«What I
like most is the idea of combining information about everyday - life social networks with standardized
brain imaging to assess implicit measures of social perception [that are relevant to the real world].»
Like the map view of an Earth
imaging program, this image of a
brain section takes cues from actual
imaging performed with highest - energy X-rays at a synchrotron and turns them into a graphic depiction.
Functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI) and techniques
like ultrasound are being refined and repurposed to look at ever - smaller structures within the
brain, and to follow
brain activity and metabolism as it happens, the scientists said.
«Without functional
imaging studies
like SPECT, it is very difficult to know if
brain trauma is present and which areas are affected,» explained lead author Daniel G. Amen, MD, Amen Clinics, Inc, Costa Mesa, CA.
From the familiar problem of
brain imaging creating overly simplistic pictures of
brain function to bandwagon - jumping «neuro» disciplines
like neuroeconomics, Paolo Legrenzi and Carlo Umiltà — distinguished Italian psychologists — argue that we have been collectively seduced by...
Now, thanks to high - resolution X-ray
imaging, researchers have peered inside its cranial cavity and created a three - dimensional computer model of what the animal's
brain likely looked
like.
The state's athletic commission requires that fighters undergo a
brain imaging scan and annual blood tests for viruses
like hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV.
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.
Musen would
like to employ amyloid
imaging in type 2 diabetic patients to determine whether amyloid deposits are present in their
brains.
BGU researchers in the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience and
Brain Imaging Research Center are gaining insight toward developing new treatments and, possibly, cures for diseases
like Alzheimer's, stroke, trauma - induced epilepsy, Parkinson's, and mental illness.
In 2007 Dr. Clauw and his colleagues published a
brain imaging study in which they infused patients with an opioid and found that opioid receptors in the
brains of fibromyalgia patients were already occupied — possibly because the body is pumping out natural painkillers (
like endorphins) in response to the fibromyalgia.
Both before as well as after meditation, the
brain activity of each individual was examined making use of arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance
imaging, which allows the capture of longer duration processes of the
brain like meditation.
A new
brain -
imaging study, published in the May 1 issue of Biological Psychiatry, shows that once children are taught to overcome their reading disabilities, their
brains begin to function more
like those of skilled readers.
Advanced
imaging techniques like Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) allow the clinician to «see» the brain and
imaging techniques
like Magnetic resonance
Imaging (MRI) allow the clinician to «see» the brain and
Imaging (MRI) allow the clinician to «see» the
brain and spine.
ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (
brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance
imaging (advanced tissue
imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin -
like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)
If your vet suspects your dog has a
brain tumor, he will most likely recommend diagnostic tests
like an MRI (magnetic resonance
imaging) or CAT (computed axial topography).
MRI
imaging revealed microscopic changes that could be linked to cognitive deficits and long - term
brain disease
like Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).
They were then shown a series of sixty paintings and asked to rate how much they
liked or disliked each, while they were hooked up to a
brain imaging scanner (an fMRI).
A number of psychologists have described some forms of love just as you have:
like an addiction; there is intense desire to spend time with the object of our affection, we experience intense cravings, emotional dependence, mood swings, and even loss of control and compulsive behaviors.1 In one study utilizing fMRI technology (
brain imaging), subcortical reward systems in the
brain were activated when adults viewed photographs of someone who had rejected their love; 2 this part of the
brain is the same area that lights up when people experience intense, romantic love3 and is rich in dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter associated with rewards
like pleasure.
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.