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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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An Integrated Approach Aids Functional Neurological Disorder Care and Research
Massachusetts General Hospital clinician-scientists take a two-pronged approach to advance functional neurological disorder care and understanding.
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Novel Brain Mapping Confirms Disruption of Ascending Arousal Network in Acute Traumatic Coma
High-angular-resolution diffusion imaging of comatose patients with acute severe traumatic brain injury supports the current concept that coma in such patients is caused by subcortical injury to the ascending arousal network.
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Treating Movement Disorders in Geriatric Populations: Q&A With Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH
Movement disorders can occur anytime across our lifespan. Tremor is the most common while Parkinson's disease increases as people age. Other movement disorders include tremor, dystonia, myoclonus and ataxia.
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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