by University of Aberdeen Hypothesized and exploratory brain regions exhibiting greater cortical thickness in those with versus without ARFID symptoms. Those with ARFID symptoms exhibited greater mean thickness in the bilateral superior frontal (red) and frontal (dark orange) cortices. Credit: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2024). DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14086 For many years, those with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder...
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How to improve your memory: Strategies for kids and adults
September 4, 2024 by Claudia Poch and Jorge González Alonso, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain We tend to think of people’s memories as being either good or bad. However, you might know someone with a terrible memory for names and faces who is very good at learning languages. Another person might have an extraordinary...
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FDA OKs Neuroimaging Tool to Aid Diagnosis of Degenerative Brain Diseases
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared NM-101 (Terran Biosciences), a cloud-based software platform to analyze neuromelanin-sensitive MRI scans, which could aid in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases. Research has suggested that neuromelanin is a potential biomarker for neurologic disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). A recent meta-analysis of 12 neuromelanin MRI studies...
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Neuroimaging study sheds light on why stimulating serotonin type 4 receptors can improve cognitive function
By Eric W. Dolan July 25, 2023 in Cognitive Science, Neuroimaging (Photo credit: psdesign1) A drug called prucalopride appears to enhance functional connectivity between major cognitive networks in the brain, according to new research published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. The new findings provide a possible explanation for why previous studies have shown that drugs that...
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The brain pulsates differently in people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease
by University of Oulu In the magnetic resonance image, a healthy brain is higher and a lower one with Alzheimer’s disease. Pulsations in the brain appear as red signals at the frequency of the heartbeat. There is a clear difference in pulsations in the brains of healthy people and people with Alzheimer’s. Credit: Oulu Functional...