Dedicated to the communication of news, science, and information of interest to the brain mapping community, and to sharing and promoting the science of brain mapping.
  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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05/21
Scientists design gene delivery systems for cells in the brain and spinal cord
NIH-funded breakthrough could enable targeted therapies for many neurological disorders. …
05/20
NIH researchers develop biomarker score for predicting diets high in ultra-processed foods
Poly-metabolite scores could reduce reliance on self-reported dietary data in large population stud…
05/15
Infant with rare, incurable disease is first to successfully receive personalized gene therapy treatment
NIH-supported gene-editing platform lays groundwork to rapidly develop treatments for other rare gen…
05/14
Request for Information (RFI): Benchmarks for Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Research and Care
Notice NOT-CA-25-037 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts…
05/14
NIH researchers discover tissue biomarker that may indicate higher risk of aggressive breast cancer development and death
Using artificial intelligence, scientists characterized tissue samples from more than 9,000 women. …
05/13
05/09
FDA and NIH announce innovative joint Nutrition Regulatory Science Program
Initiative will provide a better understanding of the root causes to end the diet-related chronic di…
05/08
Incidence rates of some cancer types have risen in people under age 50
Despite increasing incidence rates, cancer deaths in young people have not increased overall. …
05/07
NIH, CMS Partner to Advance Understanding of Autism Through Secure Access to Select Medicare and Medicaid Data
The partnership will focus first on enabling research around the root causes of autism spectrum diso…
05/01
HHS, NIH launch next-generation universal vaccine platform for pandemic-prone viruses
These vaccines aim to provide broad-spectrum protection against multiple strains of multiple viruses…
05/01
Many genes in male and female placentas expressed differently
NIH findings may lead to insights on pregnancy complications, adult health. …
04/29
NIH to prioritize human-based research technologies
New initiative aims to reduce use of animals in NIH-funded research. …
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Study Illuminates the Genetic Architecture of Bipolar Disorder
Largest-ever genome-wide study of a diverse group of people with bipolar disorder sheds new light on…
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Predictive Models Show Promise in Preventing Suicide
In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers created new suicide risk predict…
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Integrated Care for Depression Yields Extended Benefits, Malawi Study Shows
An NIMH-funded study showed that incorporating depression treatment into care for chronic health con…
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Study Illuminates the Structural Features of Memory Formation at the Cellular and Subcellular Levels
In a study supported by NIMH, researchers revealed the structural underpinnings of memory formation …
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Researchers Investigate Potential Treatment for Eliminating HIV from the Brain
In a recent NIMH-funded study, researchers explored a potential new way of clearing HIV from the bra…
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Dr. Sarah Hollingsworth Lisanby to Depart NIMH
Sarah Hollingsworth ?Holly? Lisanby, M.D., Director of the Division of Translational Research, will …
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Developing Tools for Measuring Mental Health Outcomes
The National Institutes of Health has funded six projects to develop, test, and validate outcome-foc…
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Primary Care Can Play Key Role in Suicide Prevention
Adding suicide care practices to routine adult primary care visits reduced suicide attempts by 25% i…
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How the Brain Creates New Memories While Maintaining Old Ones
A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health uncovered patterns in the activation of old …
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Director's Innovation Speaker Series: Youth Suicidal Behaviors: Where Do We Go From Here
Video recording and transcript of "Director's Innovation Speaker Series: Youth Suicidal Be…
05/21
Scientists Just Discovered What Happens in Your Brain During an Eureka Moment
… a true epiphany. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the …
05/21
Virtual Brain Inference (VBI): A flexible and integrative toolkit for efficient probabilistic inference on virtual brain models
… data, typically derived from T1-MRI scans. Each region, represented as nodes … , typ…
05/21
Are Groovy Brains More Efficient?
… 18. While in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner, the participants were…
05/21
Promising New Way to Modulate Brain Cell Activity to Potentially Treat Major Depressive Disorder in Adults
… . The results, based on functional magnetic resonance imaging, showed an important role for…
05/21
Ezogabine Modulates Brain Circuits To Reduce Depression Symptoms
… motivation and reward. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, researchers observed t…
05/21
Mount Sinai Researchers Uncover a Promising New Way to Modulate Brain Cell Activity to Potentially Treat Major Depressive Disorder in Adults
… . The results, based on functional magnetic resonance imaging, showed an important role for…
05/21
Mount Sinai Researchers Discover Promising Method to Modulate Brain Cell Activity for Potential Major Depressive Disorder Treatment in Adults
… in Molecular Psychiatry, conducted functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) assessment…
05/20
Longer breastfeeding boosts brain growth and thinking skills in teens, study shows
… -reported breastfeeding duration (retrospective), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-deri…
12/17
UCLA alumnus Cindy Montañez remembered for championing environmental justice
A tribute program honored the late California state Assemblywoman?s legacy of community activism.…
01/23
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…
01/23
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…
01/23
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…
01/23
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…
01/23
Issue Information
Journal of Neuroimaging,Volume 28, Issue 6, Page 551-554, November/December 2018. (Source: Journal o…
01/23
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…
01/23
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…
01/23
Pediatric Congenital Cerebrovascular Anomalies
Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)…
01/23
Ultrasound, Clinical, and Electrophysiological Findings in Persistent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
CONCLUSIONOur data show significant functional disability, axonal nerve damage, and scar tissue form…
01/23
Impact of Intraoperative Hyperglycemia on Brain Structures and Volumes
CONCLUSIONSThis study found no effect of intraoperative hyperglycemia on postoperative brain structu…
01/23
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…
01/23
Arterial Spin Labeling MRI to Measure Cerebral Blood Flow in Untreated Ischemic Stroke
Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)…
01/23
Gliosarcoma: Neuroimaging and Immunohistochemical Findings
Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)…
01/23
Teriflunomide's Effect on Glia in Experimental Demyelinating Disease: A Neuroimaging and Histologic Study
Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)…
01/23
Multicenter Measurements of T1 Relaxation and Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Intra and Intersite Reproducibility
Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)…
01/23
MRI ?Guided High?Intensity Focused Ultrasound as an Emerging Therapy for Stroke: A Review
Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)…
01/23
Femoral Neuropathy Following Transfemoral Neuroendovascular Procedures. An Analysis of a Prospective Registry
CONCLUSIONSFemoral neuropathy is a rare occurrence following transfemoral neuroendovascular procedur…
01/23
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01/23
Neuroimaging in Psychiatric Disorders: A Bibliometric Analysis of the 100 Most Highly Cited Articles
Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)…
01/23
01/23
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…
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
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
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
10/02
NeuroPod: September 2015
This month, neural prosthetics, positive connectivity, memory mapping and sonogenetics.…
12/19
NeuroPod: December 2014
?Bat nav?, imaging the spinal cord, and the highlights of NeuroPod in 2014.…
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At left: New Institute to Seeks to Serve Physicists and Engineers

Medical physicists and bioengineers aim to gain visibility, funding, and clout with the creation of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), which became the latest addition to the National Institutes of Health family when it was signed into law in the waning hours of the Clinton presidency.Mapping the BrainNIBIB was born of frustration: "People who work in engineering and imaging have major difficulties selling their projects to NIH," says Ferenc Jolesz. He should know. As head of magnetic resonance imaging and image-guided therapy programs at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jolesz oversees about 100 researchers and an annual budget of $10 million. "We have physicians, engineers, mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists. Our projects can be good for many things--the brain, the heart, the lungs. It's very difficult to fit into the culture of NIH, which is driven by organ- or disease-oriented research. You have to fake it and say you are doing something for a specific disorder."
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