Tag: neurology

Artificial neural networks decode brain activity during performed and imagined movements

From the University of Freiburg press release: Filtering information for search engines, acting as an opponent during a board game or recognizing images: Artificial intelligence has far outpaced human intelligence in… Read more »

Mechanism identified for resilience in people with high risk of bipolar disorder

From The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine press release: Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a brain mechanism in siblings of… Read more »

Noninvasive retinal imaging may improve early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

From the JCI Journals press release: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) represents the leading cause of dementia worldwide. Currently, challenges in making an early and definitive diagnosis of AD limit opportunities to intervene… Read more »

New, noninvasive diagnostic may help differentiate between Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia

From the American Academy of Neurology press release: A new method may help determine whether a person has Alzheimer’s disease or frontotemporal dementia, two different types of dementia that often have… Read more »

‘Residual echo’ of ancient humans in scans may hold clues to mental disorders

From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have produced the first direct evidence that parts of our brains implicated in… Read more »

Tools help identify patients at risk for autism spectrum disorders

From the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center press release: A tool intended to detect signs of autism in high-risk infants can be used to help identify and treat patients with tuberous… Read more »