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Tau PET Imaging May Help Identify People with Pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease
Brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease can now be studied in living people. Mass General researchers imaged cognitively normal people who are destined to develop AD due to a rare genetic mutation. Their goal: to discover how soon brain changes are present before symptoms begin and how soon preventive treatments could be initiated.
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NEJM Images in Clinical Medicine: Using Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement to Treat Normal-pressure Hydrocephalus
Neurologists at Mass General explore the case of a woman who endured gait disturbance, cognitive impairment and urinary incontinence for 2 years before she was diagnosed with normal-pressure hydrocephalus and successfully treated with surgical shunting.
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fMRI and EEG May Find Signals of Consciousness Earlier in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
The rate of misclassification of unconsciousness can be as high as 40%. A Mass General team studied using fMRI and EEG to better identify patients with unconsciousness in the ICU.
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How Amyloid-beta Forms Suggests New Strategies for Preventing, Treating Alzheimer's Disease
In a study with major implications for drug development in Alzheimer's disease, Raja Bhattacharyya, PhD, and Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD, of the McCance Center for Brain Health, and colleagues have determined how neurotoxic amyloid-β is generated in axons and how its production can be reduced.
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Using AI to Predict COVID-19 Outcomes
Shibani S. Mukerji, MD, PhD, associate director of the Neuro-Infectious Diseases Unit of the Department of Neurology, talks about her work on developing the COVID-19 Acuity Score (CoVA), which can be incorporated into an electronic health record system.
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Acute Ischemic Stroke Outcomes Linked to Sex-Specific Lesion Patterns
Anna K. Bonkhoff, MD, and Natalia S. Rost, MD, MPH, of the Kistler Stroke Research Center, and colleagues found considerable sex differences in the lesion patterns that underlie the severity of acute ischemic stroke. Further investigation may lead to sex-specific approaches to stroke management.
Neurology Contributors
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Brian L. Edlow, MD
Associate Director, Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery (CNTR), Director, Laboratory for NeuroImaging of Coma and Consciousness (NICC), Director, Critical Care Research Neuroimaging
Recent Article
Functional MRI Detects Intact Brain Network in Patient Unresponsive After COVID-19
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Jodi Gilman, PhD
Director of Neuroscience, Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Portable Imaging Test Shows Promise for Detection of Cannabis Intoxication
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Keith A. Johnson, MD
Radiologist
Recent Article
Tau PET Imaging May Help Identify People with Pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease
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Nagagopal Venna, MD
Director, Neurology Clinic, Director, Neuro-Infectious Diseases Clinic, Director, Academic General Neurology Fellowship Program
Recent Article
NEJM Images in Clinical Medicine: Using Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement to Treat Normal-pressure Hydrocephalus
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Yakeel T. Quiroz-Gaviria, PhD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Director, Familial Dementia Neuroimaging Lab, Director, Multicultural Alzheimer's Prevention Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Paul B. and Sandra M. Edgerley MGH Research Scholar 2020-2025
Recent Article
Retinal Imaging Detects Biomarkers of Familial Alzheimer's Disease Years Before Symptoms
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