Neuroradiology: Page 89

PET could make synaptic density an Alzheimer's biomarker

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers from Yale University are reporting promising results with a PET tracer designed to assess synaptic density in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The hope is that the approach could become an in vivo biomarker for dementia and help in therapy development, according to a paper published online July 16 in JAMA Neurology.

July 17, 2018

MRI links iron in the brain to multiple sclerosis

By Wayne Forrest

Lower levels of iron in the thalamus as seen on MRI scans of people with multiple sclerosis are a strong indication that the disease will progress and lead to greater disability, according to a study published online July 17 in Radiology.

July 17, 2018

MRI connects autism with deficit in brain reward pathway

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI scans revealed that the social impairment common to children with autism is associated with structural and functional deficits in the mesolimbic social reward circuit of the brain, according to an article published online July 17 in Brain.

July 16, 2018

Preclinical PET sheds light on Parkinson's abnormalities

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Data collected from preclinical PET scans of rhesus macaque monkeys eventually could help physicians examine stress and inflammation in the hearts of people with Parkinson's disease, according to a study published online July 13 in npj Parkinson's Disease.

July 16, 2018

Machine-learning algorithm detects schizophrenia on fMRI

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers from Canada have developed a machine-learning algorithm capable of identifying schizophrenia on functional MRI (fMRI) scans of the brain, according to a study recently published online in Molecular Psychiatry.

July 15, 2018

PET, MRI combine to predict drug efficacy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Through a combination of PET and MRI, Canadian researchers are developing a way to deliver personalized treatment to patients with neurological diseases and better predict their therapeutic response, according to a study published online June 14 in NeuroImage.

July 10, 2018

MRI shows the uniqueness of brain anatomy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI scans of some 200 healthy older adults revealed that each person's brain anatomy is unique and influenced by a combination of genetic factors and individual life experiences.

July 10, 2018

Initiative aims to apply AI to traumatic brain injury

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A consortium including the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of California, San Francisco is working on a multiyear project to apply artificial intelligence (AI) for precision medicine to traumatic brain injury.

July 4, 2018

MRI scans show neckties cut blood flow to brain

By Brian Casey

You now have another reason to hate neckties. German researchers using MRI discovered that neckties can constrict blood flow to the brain, according to a study published online June 30 in Neuroradiology.

July 4, 2018

MRI brain scans show benefits of prenatal folic acid

By Wayne Forrest

MRI scans show that adolescents whose mothers received food enriched with folic acid while they were pregnant have enhanced brain development and a reduced risk of psychosis and other mental illnesses as they progress toward adulthood, according to a study published online July 3 in JAMA Psychiatry.

July 3, 2018

MRI links inflammation to cognitive decline

By Wayne Forrest

Using MRI, researchers have found that chronic inflammation measured by a biomarker in the blood of middle- to late-age adults could be linked to visible white-matter damage in the brain and related poor cognition and dementia, according to a study in the August issue of Neurobiology of Aging.

July 2, 2018

AI software bests Chinese physicians in contest

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software performed better than physicians in diagnosing brain tumors and predicting hematoma expansion in a competition held in China, according to an article on China.org.cn.

July 2, 2018

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