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·December 3, 2022·6 min read

Fatherhood Changes Men’s Brains

Researchers find significant changes in fathers' brains between the prenatal and the postpartum period. The main changes occurred in cortical areas associated with visual processing, attention, and empathy toward their baby.

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·November 23, 2022·4 min read

Migraine Brain Changes

A new neuroimaging study identifies migraine sufferers have enlarged perivascular spaces in a brain region called the centrum semiovale.

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·November 21, 2022·3 min read

MRI Reveals Significant Brain Abnormalities Post-COVID

Neuroimaging study reveals significant brain changes in areas associated with language comprehension, cognition, and circadian rhythm control six months after COVID-19 infection.

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·November 19, 2022·3 min read

Visualizing Brain Effects of Alzheimer’s Disease and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Novel PET imaging probes will show real-time brain activity that occurs during disease progression in autism and Alzheimer's disease.

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·November 12, 2022·4 min read

Breathing May Measurably Modulate Neural Responses Across Brain

Study reveals a potential link between respiration and neural activity changes in animal models.

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·October 26, 2022·4 min read

Neuroimaging Study Reveals Functional and Structural Brain Abnormalities in People With Post-treatment Lyme Disease

A neuroimaging study reveals distinctive changes in white matter and other brain tissue physiology in Lyme disease patients during the post-treatment phase. The study also found unusual activity in the frontal lobe, a brain area associated with memory recall and concentration in those who had been treated for Lyme.

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·October 8, 2022·6 min read

A Class of Meditative Practices That Produces Different Effects From Mindfulness-Related Meditation

Study identifies a different class of meditative practices that seek to employ and regulate the state of stress an individual experiences, rather than reduce it, to achieve a more heightened state of focus and attention.

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·October 5, 2022·2 min read

Petting Dogs Engages the Social Brain, According to Neuroimaging

Interacting with dogs leads to greater activation in the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with emotional and social processing.

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·October 1, 2022·5 min read

New Marker of ALS Outcome Identified

Using MEG neuroimaging, researchers have identified a new marker that can be used to predict the clinical outcomes for those suffering from ALS.

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·September 22, 2022·6 min read

Electronic Comparison of MRI Brain Images Accurately Determines Biological Age

Using artificial neural networks to analyze neuroimaging data, researchers are able to accurately determine biological age.

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·August 19, 2022·5 min read

New Method Enables Long-Lasting Imaging of Rapid Brain Activity in Individual Cells Deep in the Cortex

Researchers have developed a new sensor that allows scientists to image the brain without missing signals for an extended period of time and deeper in the brain than current technology allows.

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·August 11, 2022·7 min read

How Not to Use Brain Scans in Neuroscience

While neuroimaging may be a standard in neuroscience and psychology research, a new study says researchers are massively underestimating how large the study sample must be for a neuroimaging study to produce reliable findings.