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The purpose and goal of brain mapping is to advance the understanding of the relationship between structure and function in the human brain. Scientists in this field seek to gain knowledge of the physical processes that underlie human sensation, attention awareness and cognition. These results are immediately applicable to surgical intervention, to the design of medical interventions and to the treatment of psychological and psychiatric disorders.

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09/15 NIH builds large nationwide study population of tens of thousands to support research on long-term effects of COVID-19 NIH launched the RECOVER Initiative to learn why some people have prolonged symptoms or develop new … 09/10 NIH scientists build a cellular blueprint of multiple sclerosis lesions Study lays the groundwork for potential new therapies for progressive multiple sclerosis. … 09/09 NIH providing $185 million for research to advance understanding of how human genome functions The newly launched Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) consortium to include 30 U.S. site… 09/09 Disparities in opioid overdose deaths continue to worsen for Black people, study suggests NIH-supported study underscores the need for racially inclusive approach to address the opioid crisi… 09/08 Marijuana use at historic high among college-aged adults in 2020 Annual NIH-supported study reports changing substance use trends among college students and college-… 09/08 NIH-funded mouse study shows blocking stress response could slow axonal peripheral neuropathies disease progression APNs cause the body?s peripheral nerves to wither and degenerate, which makes them unable to send me… 09/08 NIH-funded modern ?white cane? brings navigation assistance to the 21st century Robotic cane with 3D camera can accurately guide user to chosen location, avoiding obstacles. … 09/06 NIH study illuminates origins of lung cancer in never smokers Genomic analysis found that a majority of lung cancer tumors arise from the accumulation of mutation… 09/03 NIH research projects on interoception to improve understanding of brain-body function The interoception research effort is part of NIH?s Blueprint for Neuroscience Research. … 08/31 In a common genetic disorder, blood test reveals when benign tumors turn cancerous Neurofibromatosis type 1, or NF1, is the most common cancer predisposition syndrome, affecting 1 in … 12/12 Innovations for Healthy Living - Improving Population Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R43/R44) Funding Opportunity RFA-MD-17-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Fun… 12/12 NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory - Coordinating Center (U24) Funding Opportunity RFA-AT-17-002 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purp… 12/12 Novel Analytical Approaches for Metabolomics Data (R03) Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-17-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purp… 12/12 Utilizing Health Information Technology to Scale and Spread Successful Practice Models Using Patient-reported Outcomes (R18) Funding Opportunity PA-17-077 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding… 12/12 Technologies for Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities (R41/R42) Funding Opportunity RFA-MD-17-002 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Fun… 12/12 NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory - Pragmatic Clinical Trials Demonstration Projects (UG3/UH3) Funding Opportunity RFA-AT-17-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purp… 12/12 Notice of an Informational Webinar for RFA-NS-17-017 "Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Sequencing Consortium: Discovery, Replication and Validation (UG3/UH3)" Notice NOT-NS-17-010 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 12/12 Reminder: NHLBI FY2017 Small Business Topics of Special Interest (TOSI) for the SBIR/STTR Programs Notice NOT-HL-16-479 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 12/12 Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) (U18) Notice NOT-FD-17-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 12/12 Notice of Extension of the Expiration Date for PA-16-282 Developing New Clinical Decision Support to Disseminate and Implement Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings (R18)" Notice NOT-HS-17-005 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… --- Severe Irritability NIMH is researching why some children have extreme irritability in response to reasonable requests a… --- The NIMH Director?s Innovation Speaker Series: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the Era of Big Data Damien Fair PA-C, Ph.D. will discuss positive developments in functional neuroimaging with the poten… --- NIMH Expert Dr. Krystal Lewis Discusses Coping with the Pandemic and Re-Entry Stress Whether in-person or virtually, going back to school can be stressful for students, parents, and tea… --- Mental Health Minute: Stress and Anxiety in Adolescents Got 60 seconds? Take a mental health minute to learn about stress and anxiety in adolescents.… --- NIMH Livestream Event on Suicide Prevention During COVID: A Continuing Priority During National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, NIMH will host a livestream event on September 2… --- Improved Emotion Regulation in Dialectical Behavior Therapy Reduces Suicide Risk in Youth An analysis of clinical trial data shows that improvements in emotion regulation in youth at high ri… --- Advancing Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Access to Mental Health Services for LGBTQ+ Youth This webinar will provide an overview of a NIMH-sponsored study that adapts an evidence-based mental… --- NIMH James Jackson Memorial Award Lecture: ?Black Mental Health, Mentoring, and Health Equity: A Love Supreme? NIMH James Jackson Memorial Award Lecture: ?Black Mental Health, Mentoring, and Health Equity: A Lov… --- Partner Violence and Elevated HIV Viral Load in South African Women New analysis shows suggests an association between intimate partner violence and elevated viral load… --- Anna E. Ordóñez Named Director of NIMH?s Office of Clinical Research NIMH has selected Anna E. Ordóñez, M.D., M.A.S., as director of the Office of Clinical Research (OCR…		09/18 Hopkins doctor creates neurology ward and training programs in Zambia … patients, including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroenc… 09/18 Higher white matter extracellular free-water related to cognitive dysfunction in lupus patients … by adopting non-invasive diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains &#… 09/17 Brain Monitoring Market Report, Size 2021 Global Industry Trends, Segments, Competitors Strategy, Regional Analysis, Key Players, Statistics and Growth to 2027 … efforts or where procedures like magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear imaging, and electroe… 09/17 LINKS Institute Unveils New Program to Meet Workforce Development Needs in Manitoba Mental Wellness & Harm Reduction Worker Diploma Intended to Equip Students for the Comp… 09/17 Duke University professor researching medical device to shine light into the brain … mapping is performed through Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which requires … 09/15 Allegheny Health Network stroke specialists use MR to guide treatment of patients who suffer strokes while asleep … patients are now using advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning to ascertain a &… 09/14 Benjamin Ellingson awarded grant to improve imaging for brain tumors The $665,000 award will be used to create a new MRI technique.… 07/26 Anxiety, depression, burnout rising as college students prepare to return to campus A new survey led by The Ohio State University's Office of the Chief Wellness Officer finds students … 07/26 Brain's 'memory center' needed to recognize image sequences but not single sights The visual cortex stores and remembers individual images, but when they are grouped into a sequence,… 07/26 Improving air quality reduces dementia risk, multiple studies suggest Improving air quality may improve cognitive function and reduce dementia risk, according to several … 07/23 What's riskier for young soccer players, practice or game time? For young soccer players, participating in repetitive technical training activities involving headi… 07/23 US clinics slower to provide opioid treatment than Canadian clinics As opioid overdose deaths rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, people seeking treatment for opioid add… 07/23 Studies examine different understandings, varieties of diversity In a report published by Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, University of Illinois Chicago … 07/23 Experiences, perpetration of identity-based bullying among adolescents What The Study Did: Using survey responses from students in some Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, high scho… 12/16 Drumming makes your brain more efficient Playing the drums requires coordination between all four limbs. A new study asks whether, over years… 12/06 Repairing leaky blood-brain barrier may rejuvenate brain function New research in mice suggests that a leaky blood-brain barrier can accelerate brain aging, and that … 12/04 New MRI scans reveal brain features of depression Using new types of MRI, scientists have observed features of the blood-brain barrier and activity in… 11/25 Everything you need to know about choline Choline is an essential nutrient that humans need for neurodevelopment and many other bodily functio… 11/27 Brain Atrophy in Natalizumab ?treated Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A 5?year Retrospective Study CONCLUSIONOur results contribute to the increasing knowledge of PBVCs in natalizumab ?treated MS pat… 11/22 Impact of Intraoperative Hyperglycemia on Brain Structures and Volumes CONCLUSIONSThis study found no effect of intraoperative hyperglycemia on postoperative brain structu… 11/22 Femoral Neuropathy Following Transfemoral Neuroendovascular Procedures. An Analysis of a Prospective Registry CONCLUSIONSFemoral neuropathy is a rare occurrence following transfemoral neuroendovascular procedur… 11/22 Ultrasound, Clinical, and Electrophysiological Findings in Persistent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome CONCLUSIONOur data show significant functional disability, axonal nerve damage, and scar tissue form… 11/20 Early Phase PIB ?PET as a Surrogate for Global and Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Measures CONCLUSIONEarly PIB uptake has the potential to effectively serve as a surrogate for global and regi… 11/19 Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Superior Thalamic Radiation and Cerebrospinal Fluid Distribution in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus CONCLUSIONSCombined microstructural (DTT) and macrostructural (ventricular volume) changes is a prom… 11/19 Simulation and Experimental Characterization of Lateral Imaging Resolution of Ultrasound Systems and Assessment of System Suitability for Acoustic Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Measurement CONCLUSIONAccording to our study, both systems are suitable for ultrasound OSND measurement. (Source… 11/07 Microvessels may Confound the ?Swallow Tail Sign? in Normal Aged Midbrains: A Postmortem 7 T SW?MRI Study CONCLUSIONBoth iron deposits and microvessels contribute to the hyposignal surrounding nigrosome 1 i… 11/07 Clinical, Sonographic, and Electrophysiologic Longitudinal Features of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy CONCLUSIONNerve ultrasound can be used as a method to objectify the long ?term disease course in CID… 11/05 White Matter Microstructure Correlates with Memory Performance in Healthy Children: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study CONCLUSIONSSignificant correlations between DTI parameter values and CMS indices in multiple WM trac… 11/05 What Threshold Defines Penumbral Brain Tissue in Patients with Symptomatic Anterior Circulation Intracranial Stenosis: An Exploratory Analysis CONCLUSIONSA target mismatch profile usingTmax > 6 seconds may define tissue at risk in patient… 10/31 Dr. Leon D. Prockop (1934 ?2018), Founding Editor?in?Chief, Journal of Neuroimaging Journal of Neuroimaging,Volume 28, Issue 6, Page 555-555, November/December 2018. (Source: Journal o… 10/31 Issue Information Journal of Neuroimaging,Volume 28, Issue 6, Page 551-554, November/December 2018. (Source: Journal o… 10/30 Pediatric Congenital Cerebrovascular Anomalies Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 10/29 Diffusely Abnormal White Matter, T2 Burden of Disease, and Brain Volume in Relapsing ?Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 10/24 Assessing the Relationship between Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Score and Carotid Artery Imaging Findings Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 10/15 The Role of Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Detecting Hippocampal Injury Following Neonatal Hypoxic ?Ischemic Encephalopathy Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 10/11 Neuroimaging in Psychiatric Disorders: A Bibliometric Analysis of the 100 Most Highly Cited Articles Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 10/09 Arterial Spin Labeling MRI to Measure Cerebral Blood Flow in Untreated Ischemic Stroke Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 10/09 Functional Brain Network Changes Following Use of an Allostatic, Closed ?Loop, Acoustic Stimulation Neurotechnology for Military?Related Traumatic Stress Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 10/07 MRI ?Guided High?Intensity Focused Ultrasound as an Emerging Therapy for Stroke: A Review Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 10/07 Gliosarcoma: Neuroimaging and Immunohistochemical Findings Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 10/03 Brief Computer ?Based Information Processing Measures are Linked to White Matter Integrity in Pediatric?Onset Multiple Sclerosis Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 09/19 Teriflunomide's Effect on Glia in Experimental Demyelinating Disease: A Neuroimaging and Histologic Study Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 09/18 Multicenter Measurements of T1 Relaxation and Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Intra and Intersite Reproducibility Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)… 10/30 Automated lesion detection on MRI scans using combined unsupervised and supervised methods Background: Accurate and precise detection of brain lesions on MR images (MRI) is paramount for accu… 06/25 Siemens mCT to be Used in Neurological Research at National Intrepid Center of Excellence Malvern, Pa., June 25, 2010 - Siemens is pleased to announce that its latest innovation in PET&#8226… 06/22 Siemens Receives Polaris Award, Premier's Highest Supplier Honor, and Pinnacle Award for Fifth Consecutive Year Deerfield, Ill., June 22, 2010 - Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics was presented with the 2010 Polaris … --- Humans and chimps register faces by using similar brain regions Researchers using PET find that humans and chimps use similar brain areas during facial recognition … --- Bullying, Genetics and Emotions: New Research Shows Links Genetics research into the emotional responses of bullying shows that many bullied victims that late… --- Distorted body image could be linked to abnormal brain function Recent Neuroscience News Article… --- Animal model in schizophrenia research identifies a novel approach for treating cognitive impairments When neuroscientists co-administered D-serine and a blocker of D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO), which me…
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At left: H.M. dies at 82

Henry Gustav Molaison, known to the science community as H.M. passed away today (December 4th, 2008) due to respiratory failure. H.M. will forever be remembered for his immeasurable contribution to our understanding of the brain and memory. On september 5, 1953 H.M. underwent medial temporal lobe surgery for the treatment of intractable epilepsy. In the following months H.M.'s seizures resolved, but curiously he was left with anterograde amnesia; leaving unable to form new long-term memories. In the following years, up until this past week scientist have continuously studied H.M. attempting to better understand how memories are formed and retrieved. Specifically, work with H.M. has helped us understand the brain's declarative versus working memory systems. Even more importantly, H.M. will be remembered for his kindness and wiliness to act as a research subject for the advancement of science.

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