MRI best tool for studying intricate nerves in dogs
...nce difficult procedure now made possible by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a diagnostic modality. "By knowing the normal MRI anatomy of cranial nerve emergences in the dog, the clinician will better recognize lesions affecting those nerves, such as inflammatory or neoplastic diseases, thus allowin...From intelligent cars to the prevention of heart attacks
...the GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht will study the magnetic behaviour of atoms, molecules, and nanoparticles. ...mong other things, clarify the extent to which the magnetic characteristics of nanoscopic particles can be used for new methods of data storage. (Coordinator: P...Feeling fat in the festive season? It's all in your mind
... Pinocchio illusion in combination with functional magnetic resonance imaging to study volunteers' brains. For each volunteer, a vibrating device was placed on their wrist to stimulate the tendon and create the sensation that the joint was flexing, even though it remained stationary. With their hand touching ...American Physical Society honors outstanding achievements of two Brandeis scientists
...to the theory and technical development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and for pioneering applica...ic liquid crystals. Redfield's research on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy goes back five decades to his seminal work on spin dynamics and investi...Interactive 3-D atlas of mouse brain now available on web
...ty. The database was created using high-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) microscopy at the University of Florida in collaboration with researchers from Brookhaven Lab's Center for Translational Neuroimaging. The work was done in parallel with an international collaboration, the Mouse Phenome Database (MPD) ...Study in Royal Society journal on link between creativity and mating success
...USA Extending the dynamic range of phase contrast magnetic resonance velocity imaging using advanced higher-d..., Dr R Cusack and Dr DA Beauregard Phase contrast magnetic resonance velocity imaging is a powerful non-invasive technique to measure in vivo blood flow. Its s...Research: Autistic children's brains grow larger during first years of development, why is not clear
...hesiology, respectively. "Our team conducted brain magnetic resonance imaging scans on 51 autistic and 25 control children at age 2, making it the largest study of two-year-olds with autism," Cody Hazlett said. "Analysis of brain tissue volumes showed significant enlargement, across all regions in both gray a...Max Planck researchers win part of Descartes Research Prize 2005
... mass 1.4 times that of our sun, and a very strong magnetic field. They emit beams of radiation from two regions above their magnetic poles, using a mechanism that is not completely understood. When a pulsar rotates, we on Earth can r...New study finds common herbal supplement helps to reduce cocaine cravings
...ed pictures. In addition, when using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) test, subjects treated with NAC had reduced brain activity in the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain activated during cocaine craving and used to modulate the addictive behavior of chronic cocaine use. An open label tr...Another world-record achievement for National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
...ory. "Tesla" is a measurement of the strength of a magnetic field; 1 tesla is equal to 20,000 times the Earth's magnetic field. Typical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines in hospitals provide fields in the range of...New enhancements upgrade NIST Mass Spectra Library
...inally sorted by their mass-to-charge ratios using magnetic or electric fields, producing a "mass spectrum." Even a sample of a pure element generally produces a spectrum with several peaks representing a unique distribution of masses due to isotopes with varying numbers of neutrons. The new edition of the l...Researchers know what you were about to say; fMRI used to detect memory storage and retrieval
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University have provided evidence that the act of recalling a memory is a bit like mental time travel. Their study, presented in the Dec. 23 edition of the journ...MIT researcher finds neuron growth in adult brain
... neurons. With the help of technology similar to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but at a much finer, cellular resolution, the researchers were able to stitch together two-dimensional slices to create the first 3-D reconstruction of entire neurons in the adult cortex. Dendritic branch tips were measured o...Imaging study links key genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease to myelin breakdown
...on-invasive evaluation of myelin breakdown through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may prove useful in assessing treatments for preventing the disease. "Myelination, a process uniquely built up in humans, arguably is the most important and most vulnerable process of brain development as we mature and age. Th...Carnegie Mellon develops non-invasive technique to detect transplant rejection at cellular level
...lleagues have developed a promising tool that uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to track immune cells as t...n oxide particles, which are very sensitive to the magnetic fields used during MRI. Wu injected the MPIO or USPIO particles into rats that had received heart tr...Chronic drinking and smoking cause both separate and interactive brain injury
...having a soothing effect on the user." - In-vivo magnetic resonance studies suggest that chronic smoking in ...y detoxified alcoholics in treatment using in-vivo magnetic resonance," said Meyerhoff. "The specific methods we used were magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), wh...Study using new imaging technology detects subtle brain changes in patients with Type 1 diabetes
...ng voxel-based morphometry (VBM), a relatively new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology that allows res...his technology creates three-dimensional images of magnetic resonance imaging data, which researchers can then use to observe and evaluate structural changes, i...UF scientists trace origin of shark's electric sense
...wise, sharks are widely thought to use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation, enabling them to swim in precise paths across large expanses of featureless ocean, Cohn said. "If you think of this in the big picture of evolution of sensory systems, such as olfaction, hearing, vision and touch, this shows sha...SNM opposes new payment caps on imaging services detailed in Federal Deficit Reduction Act
...ositron emission tomography), X-rays, ultrasounds, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography and fluoroscopy, said the associate professor of radiology at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. In addition, the act eliminates the 4.4 percent reduction in claims payments for physicians' servic...... released through electric impulse, ultrasound and magnetic fields. Julio Palmaz (1945- ) Intravascular Stent The Palmaz Stent was the first commercially successful intravascular stent. It has revolutionized cardiac care, with more than a million people undergoing coronary artery stenting annually to re...