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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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09/29
Update: Recission Notice re: Implementation of NIH Research Security Policies
Notice NOT-OD-25-161 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts…
05/30
Scientists identify diagnostic aid to determine risk of diabetic foot ulcer recurrence
NIH-funded project shows that trans-epidermal water loss could indicate if wounds are fully healed. …
05/29
NIH scientists pioneer promising treatment for intractable cancer pain
RTX is a non-addictive pain therapy derived from a cactus-like plant. …
05/22
NIH scientists test in an animal model a surgical technique to improve cell therapy for dry AMD
The technique may enable higher doses and combinations of cell therapies. …
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
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. …
05/09
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…
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Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic Neuroscience or Translational Mental Health Research
The purpose of the Conte Centers program is to support interdisciplinary teams of researchers engage…
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Short Courses for Mental Health Research Education
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement that aims to support educational acti…
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Centers for Practice-Based Effectiveness and Services Research with Near-Term Impact
The goal of this concept is to reissue and extend the NIMH Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating th…
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Brain Cell Atlas: From Data to Knowledge Base
The goal of this concept is to continue supporting an integrated BRAIN® Initiative Cell Atlas Networ…
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BRAIN Initiative: Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative
This is a reissue of the informatics infrastructure program announcement for The Brain Research Thro…
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Mentoring Networks for Mental Health Research Education
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement that aims to support educational acti…
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Development of Objective Measures for Use in Pediatric Drug Trials for Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
This effort aims to stimulate research in a major gap area in pediatric psychopharmacology for psych…
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Research Education Programs for Psychiatry Residents
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement. The overarching goals of this initia…
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Immunotherapies for HIV Eradication in the CNS Compartment
The goal of this concept is to generate comprehensive evidence to determine whether immunotherapeuti…
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Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia
The goal of this concept is to support the extension of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schi…
04/18
Brain health: Staying more active during the day helps retain brain?
… and inactivity, and also had MRI scans taken of three areas of ……
04/18
Cearvol Wave Receives 'Expert Choice 2026' Recognition from HearAdvisor
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, April 18, 2026 /?EINPresswire.com?/ -- Cearvol today announced …
04/18
Unique Risks and Injuries in Preterm PAIS, CSVT
… through advanced neuroimaging techniques, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with …
04/17
THE ROCKWOOD FILES: The beauty of body doubling
… something called ?mirror neurons.? Functional MRI scans show that certain areas of ……
04/17
?Coming Home? Shines at Milwaukee Film Festival, Showcasing Tahira Malik's Inspiring Journey from Addiction to Advocacy
Coming Home will air April 16 -30 at MKE?S historic Downer and Oriental theatres, portrayi…
04/17
The $129 Device Used in 100+ Hospitals for Neurological Rehab Is Now Available to Every Patient Training at Home
From the Cage to the Clinic: How a Training Tool Built for Fighters Became Standard Equipme…
04/17
FAU Seeks Older Adults for Alzheimer's Disease Brain Imaging Study
… apart for cognitive testing, brain MRI scans, and blood and urine collection ……
04/17
Gardant Celebrates Achievement: Communities Honored with U.S. News & World Report?s 2026 ?Best Senior Living? Awards
Gardant sets the industry benchmark for quality, earning widespread national recognition in…
04/17
Boston Musician Travels Cross-Country for a Complex Brain Tumor Surgery ? And Returns to the Stage Nine Weeks Later
Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Aaron Cohen-Gadol removes a complex petroclival meningioma, highl…
04/13
The Disadvantages of Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Versus Computed Tomography for Evaluating Brain Tumors in Liberia
… setting to setting. Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) remains the preferred modali…
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
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
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
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
Pediatric Congenital Cerebrovascular Anomalies
Journal of Neuroimaging, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)…
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
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
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: Man with Tiny Brain Shocks Doctors

A man with an unusually tiny brain manages to live an entirely normal life despite his condition, which was caused by a fluid build-up in his skull.Scans of the 44-year-old man's brain showed that a huge fluid-filled chamber called a ventricle took up most of the room in his skull, leaving little more than a thin sheet of actual brain tissue.Intelligence tests showed the man had an IQ of 75, below the average score of 100 but not considered mentally retarded or disabled."The whole brain was reduced – frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobes – on both left and right sides. These regions control motion, sensibility, language, vision, audition, and emotional and cognitive functions," Feuillet told New Scientist.
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