Neuroradiology: Page 51

'Magic mushroom' trips point to new depression drugs

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - The brains of people tripping on magic mushrooms have given the best picture yet of how psychedelic drugs work, and British scientists say the findings suggest such drugs could be used to treat depression.

January 23, 2012

4D MRA progresses in cerebrovascular diseases

By Philip Ward

Time-resolved, or 4D, MR angiography (MRA) seems to be making rapid advances. The development of parallel-imaging techniques and hardware improvements such as gradient performance have enabled time-resolved MRA acquisition, which provides dynamic information at a feasible temporal resolution.

December 29, 2011

Size matters: iPad tops iPhone for evaluating acute stroke

By Erik L. Ridley

Both the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 can be employed by on-call neuroradiologists for evaluating acute stroke, according to research presented at the recent RSNA 2011 meeting in Chicago. The iPad 2 was judged to be the better option, however.

December 19, 2011

MRI of hippocampus pinpoints early signs of dementia

By Rebekah Moan

Dutch researchers have discovered that hippocampal shape can predict dementia in the general population on average four years before clinical diagnosis. The shape varies from patient to patient, but similarities exist in certain "landmark points," delegates learned at last week's RSNA meeting.

December 6, 2011

Video-gamers' brains may reward them more

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - Teenagers who spend a lot of time on video games have different structures and activity levels in areas of the brain that are linked to reward, scientists have found, suggesting they get more out of gaming than people who tend to play less.

November 16, 2011

Brain analysis can help predict psychosis: study

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - Computer analysis of MRI brain scans could help predict how serious or long-term a psychotic patient's illness may become and help doctors make more accurate decisions about how best to treat them, researchers said on Monday.

November 7, 2011

German researchers forge new applications for functional MRI

By Philip Ward

A new study from Germany has shown that the eustachian tube opening during a Valsalva maneuver can now be visualized with MRI, suggesting that the modality's role in the head and neck region is growing fast.

November 1, 2011

NordicNeuroLab launches MR-compatible monitor

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Functional neuroimaging product developer NordicNeuroLab announced the launch of the NLL LCD monitor, an MRI-compatible display unit.

October 31, 2011

GE promotes EANM abstracts

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare announced that its FASTlab synthesizer combined with solid-phase extraction and the application of chemometric tools can increase the reliability of the manufacturing and synthesis of F-18 flutemetamol, according to data presented in scientific abstracts.

October 23, 2011

OctreoPharm signs deal with Novartis

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German nuclear medicine contrast company OctreoPharm Sciences has received the worldwide exclusive license for the development and commercialization of SOMscan from Novartis Pharma.

October 9, 2011

fMRI finds brain's hate connection

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

With the help of functional MRI (fMRI), researchers have found that depression frequently affects three regions of the brain, which, in turn, can trigger a person's feelings of hate, according to a study published on 4 October in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

October 4, 2011

Europe's brain disorder bill hits 800 billion euros

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - The annual cost of brain disorders in Europe has soared to 798 billion euros ($1 trillion U.S.) and the region is facing a political, social, and financial "ticking bomb" as more people fall prey to mental illnesses, researchers said on Tuesday.

October 4, 2011

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