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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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Evidence That Human Brains Replay Our Waking Experiences While We Sleep
For the first time, researchers have direct evidence of learning-related replay in the human brain during sleep. A recent study using implanted multi-electrode arrays in two participants found identical neural firing patterns during game-play awake periods and sleep periods.
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Stroke-Risk, COVID-19 and When to Seek Emergency Care
Patients are opting not to seek medical care due to fears of COVID-19. Massachusetts General Hospital has prepared for this pandemic and taken every precaution to accept stroke patients in the emergency department. Researchers are identifying the links between infection and stroke risk.
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Patient-derived Dopamine Neurons Show Promise in Parkinson's Treatment
Massachusetts General Hospital and McClean Hospital researchers take significant steps towards proving the safety and efficacy of dopaminergic neuron implantation to treat Parkinson's disease.
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
Novel Brain Mapping Confirms Disruption of Ascending Arousal Network in Acute Traumatic Coma -
Jodi Gilman, PhD
Director of Neuroscience, Center for Addiction Medicine
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
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Director, Familial Dementia Neuroimaging Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Multicultural Alzheimer's Prevention Program-MAPP
Recent Article
Case of Resistance to Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease Suggests New Direction for Treatment
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