News • Brain imaging
Tau-PET: a window into the future of Alzheimer’s patients
A team from Geneva demonstrates the value of imaging to detect the presence of tau protein in the brain to predict cognitive decline due to Alzheimer’s disease.
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News • Presented at AAIC
New guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's
The International Alzheimer's Congress (AAIC) in Amsterdam saw the presentation of new guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease - with blood biomarkers taking a central role.
News • Real-time tumor profiling
AI tool decodes brain cancer’s genome during surgery
Scientists have designed an AI tool that can rapidly decode a brain tumor’s DNA to determine its molecular identity during surgery — critical information that can guide treatment decisions.
News • Astrocyte research
New insight into how cancer metastasizes to the brain
A new US-led study shows that astrocyte brain cells play an important role in promoting brain metastasis by recruiting a specific subpopulation of immune cells.
News • Neurodegeneration
The importance of the liver-brain axis in Alzheimer's disease
A research team from Barcelona studied the liver of Alzheimer's disease mice models, and demonstrated the importance of the liver-brain axis regarding the psychological symptoms of the disease.
News • Diffusion-tensor and correlated diffusion imaging
New MRI technique captures Covid-19’s impact on the brain
An MRI invention from engineers at the University of Waterloo reveals better than many existing imaging technologies how Covid-19 can change the human brain.
News • Folate receptor exploitation
PET imaging: new discovery to help detect brain tumours
Folate-based radiopharmaceuticals can be used in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to detect folate receptors in brain tumours, researchers from the University of Turku report.
News • Brain cancer breakthrough
Can a virus help beat glioblastoma?
US researchers identified a potential breakthrough in glioblastoma treatment. Using a modified virus, they created a treatment that specifically attacks tumor cells, while leaving normal cells intact.
News • Transient ischemic attack
Incomplete imaging for TIA emergencies increases stroke risk
Transient ischemic attack (TIA) emergency department (ED) encounters with incomplete neurovascular imaging were associated with higher odds of subsequent stroke within 90 days, a new study finds.
News • Circulating biomarkers
Blood tests shows brain impact of neurosurgery
Damage to the brains of patients operated on for brain tumors may be assessed by measuring biomarkers in the blood pre- and postoperatively, a new study from the University of Gothenburg shows.
News • Role of EBV in MS progression
New study explains how Epstein-Barr virus causes multiple sclerosis
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have found further evidence for how the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can trigger multiple sclerosis (MS) or drive disease progression.
News • Neuroscience & Alzheimer's disease
Researchers identifiy subset of neurons that are most susceptible to Alzheimer's disease
Neurodegeneration, or the gradual loss of neuron function, is one of the key features of Alzheimer's disease. However, it doesn't affect all parts of the brain equally.
News • Genetics & Neuroscience
Research investigates the convergence of schizophrenia risk genes in brain coexpression networks
Johns Hopkins researchers, along with colleagues in Italy, have published a study that looks into the genetic mechanisms behind the development of schizophrenia.
News • Oncology & Immunology
Research shows promising results for better treatments of aggressive brain cancer
For decades, researchers have marveled at the ability of glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive brain cancer, to turn off a patient's cancer-fighting immune cells, thereby allowing tumors to grow freely.
News • Long Covid & Neuroscience
Long COVID: correlation between smell loss and changes in the brain
People living with long COVID who suffer from loss of smell show different patterns of activity in certain regions of the brain, a new study led by UCL researchers has found.
News • Metabolic activity diffusion imaging
New MRI technique reveals cells’ energy activity in organs and tissues
US researchers have developed a way to use MRI scanning to map body cell metabolism, opening up new possibilities for detecting cancers and revealing if a tumor is responding to treatment.
News • Hypertension and the brain
Study links high blood pressure to memory loss and dementia
A new study led by the University of Edinburgh has identfied areas of the brain susceptible to damage from high blood pressure, affecting memory loss, thinking skills and dementia.
News • Fluorescence-guided surgery
"Lighting up" brain tumours for better surgical removal
A new real-time imaging technique that uses a type of infrared light has, for the first time, been used during surgery to differentiate between cancerous tumours and healthy tissue.
News • Curative effects of Sonata KV488
Epilepsy: researchers dispel "Mozart myth"
A new study by psychologists at the University of Vienna shows that there is no scientific evidence supporting the alleged positive effect of Mozart's Sonata KV448 on epilepsy.
News • Novel therapeutic strategy
Chemogenetics for the treatment of challenging epilepsy cases
Scientists from Japan demonstrated, for the first time, a successful chemogenetic suppression of widespread epileptic seizures in macaque monkeys. Their findings represent an essential step towards clinical trials, and effective treatment for patients with severe epilepsy.
News • Tissue meets tech
Researchers grow electrodes in the brain
Researchers at Linköping, Lund, and Gothenburg universities in Sweden have successfully grown electrodes in living tissue using the body’s molecules as triggers.
News • Enabling neuronal tissue growth
A hydrogel to heal the brain
Synthetic hydrogels were shown to provide an effective scaffold for neuronal tissue growth in areas of brain damage, providing a possible approach for brain tissue reconstruction.
News • Machine learning analyses driving behaviour
Digital markers offer "near-perfect" dementia prediction
US researchers are developing a highly accurate machine learning model for early detection of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older drivers.
News • Ultrahigh field strength
14 Tesla: Researchers to build world's strongest MRI scanner
The world's first MRI scanner with a magnetic field strength of 14 Tesla will be built in Nijmegen. Its high sensitivity will allow scientists to image the brain in more detail.
News • New amyloid PET approach
Dual-phase protocol: a two-for-one deal for brain imaging
A novel nuclear medicine imaging protocol can take the place of two separate imaging scans for the evaluation of brain changes linked to cognitive impairment.