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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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Pre-symptomatic Intervention Is Rare in Neurodegenerative Disease Clinical Trials
Sonia M. Vallabh, PhD, Eric Vallabh Minikel, PhD, and Meredith A. Mortberg used two decades of clinical trial registration data to analyze the characteristics of trials in four major neurodegenerative diseases, finding only 2.7% of trials addressed preventive interventions.
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Detecting 'Covert Consciousness' in the ICU With TMS-EEG
At Massachusetts General Hospital, Brian Edlow, MD, is exploring the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography (EEG) for the accurate evaluation of 'covert consciousness,' consciousness that cannot be assessed using conventional bedside behavioral examination.
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Q&A: Dr. Eve Valera on Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury
Eve Valera, PhD, an affiliated faculty member in the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, uses MRI to study the neural, neuropsychological, and psychological consequences of traumatic brain injuries resulting from intimate partner violence.
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
Detecting 'Covert Consciousness' in the ICU With TMS-EEG
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Jodi Gilman, PhD
Director of Neuroscience, Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Cannabis Use Disorder Can Develop Soon After a Medical Marijuana Card Is Obtained
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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
MRI Feature Is Marker of Disease Progression in Preclinical Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease
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