NIMH awards new grants in response to terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
... stress can trigger mental disorders, will conduct neuroimaging studies of changes in the brain following the WTC terrorist attacks. This research is expected to generate new tools for testing people with anxiety/fear-related disorders, providing windows into more effective prevention and treatment. Daphne Simeo...Second patient with multiple sclerosis undergoes groundbreaking surgery at Yale
...ts progress is then monitored for six months using neuroimaging and other tests. After six months a small biopsy is taken to determine whether the cells survived and whether they made any myelin....First-of-its-kind study of vascular dementia patients taking ARICEPT presented at AAGP meeting
...and judgment. Patients were also required to have neuroimaging evidence of cerebrovascular disease obtained by a computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This 24-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, included 616 men and women with VaD, with an average age of 75 year......and judgment. Patients were also required to have neuroimaging evidence of cerebrovascular disease obtained by a computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This 24-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, included 616 men and women with VaD, with an average age of 75 year...Neuroscientists searching for roots of empathy find brain regions involved in learning by imitation
...r is unique because it is believed to be the first neuroimaging study to show that imitation can be split into two complementary components, the goal of an action and the means to achieve it. Decety said the researchers found that not only can the components of imitation (the goal and the means) be separated, bu...Guidelines recommend EEG to evaluate children's first nonfebrile seizure
...h individual evaluations such as blood testing and neuroimaging should be performed based on the individual child'...oratory testing and the significance of results of neuroimaging studies. Finally, the guidelines recommend that future studies show results by age of the children....New approach to imaging separates thought from perception
...appears. "This enhanced precision in human neuroimaging allows us to track thesequential involvement of different areas of the brain at different times duringa task," says co-author Maurizio Corbetta, M.D., assistant professor ofneurology, neurobiology and radiology. "Previously, we could determine whichb...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
... precise and specific interpretation of functional neuroimaging data, improved rational design of neuroprosthetic devices and neurosurgical interventions and the design of more behaviorally adaptable, well-coordinated and agile robots. Automated Learning in Network Traffic Control (LIS) Award Number: 9873469...Study Captures Images Of Memories Being Formed Within The Human Brain
...reference, has beencaptured through sophisticated neuroimaging and used to predict accuratelywhether a specific experience will later be remembered or forgotten, accordingto research published in the Aug. 21 issue of the journal Science. Based on collaborative research by scientists at the Massachusetts...