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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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Neural Network Beats Experts at Detecting Epileptiform Discharges on EEGs
SpikeNet, a computer algorithm that analyzes EEG waveforms, was more accurate than fellowship-trained clinical neurophysiologists and the standard commercial software at detecting interictal epileptiform discharges.
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White Matter Is Altered in Functional Neurological Disorder
In the first study to evaluate white matter in mixed motor subtypes of functional neurological disorder, microstructural differences were observed in brain regions implicated in emotion/salience, pain modulation and stress responses, and certain differences correlated with clinical findings.
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Rare Mutation in Colombian Woman Reveals New Targets for Alzheimer's Research and Treatment
A Colombian woman remained cognitively healthy for decades longer than her family members who share the Alzheimer's-causing presenilin 1 mutation. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital reviewed her genome and discovered new potential therapeutic target opportunities for the 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
fMRI and EEG May Find Signals of Consciousness Earlier in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients -
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
Co-Director, MGH Multicultural Neuropsychology Program (MUNDOS)
Recent Article
Rare Mutation in Colombian Woman Reveals New Targets for Alzheimer's Research and Treatment
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