Tag: Brain
New Device Safe, Effective for Treating Brain Aneurysms
Woven EndoBridge device effective for treating ruptured and unruptured aneurysms in all intracranial locations
Mindfulness Plus Brain Stimulation May Ease Chronic Migraine
Mindfulness practices combined with active rather than sham transcranial direct-current stimulation showed greater benefit
Formaldehyde Exposure at Work Tied to Cognitive Impairment
Longer duration of exposure, higher cumulative exposure over entire working life may increase risk for cognitive impairment
MRI Markers May Signal Brain Changes from Repeated Head Impacts
Antemortem white matter hyperintensities linked to white matter pathologies seen at autopsy among athletes exposed to repetitive head injury
Noncontrast CT Can ID Candidates for Mechanical Thrombectomy
For stroke patients with late-presenting large-vessel occlusion, 90-day outcomes similar with selection by noncontrast CT, MRI, CTP
Clinical Care May Impact Gray Matter Volume in Migraine Patients
Patients without prior clinical care had reduced gray matter volumes in right dorsal medial prefrontal cortex
Neuroimaging Soon After Trauma May Predict Stress Response
Three clusters replicated in samples with variety of trauma types; clusters showed different patterns of posttrauma symptoms
Blood Lead Levels Detected in Half of Children Tested
Young children with public insurance and living in communities with more pre-1950s housing and poverty at increased risk
Low-Field Portable MRI Detects Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Authors say low-field portable magnetic resonance imaging may be useful in resource-limited settings
History of Concussion Impacts Cingulate Cerebral Blood Flow
Greater declines seen in midcingulate cerebral blood flow at subacute phase and in posterior cingulate CBF at one year after return to play