/neuro/taxonomy/term/581/all en /neuro/article/patient-care/hope-patients-debilitating-tremor A minimally invasive treatment is helping people with uncontrollable shaking caused by neurological disease. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:15:43 +0000 Shawn Hayward 5891 at /neuro /neuro/article/research/christine-tardiff-advancing-medical-imaging Christine Tardif uses her computer engineering education to investigate the brain. Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:57:18 +0000 Matthieu Santerre 5500 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/neuro-gets-canadas-first-whole-body-7t-mri-294374 <p><strong>Scanner will deliver clear images of the nervous system in exceptional detail</strong></p> <p>Scientists will see the human nervous system in microscopic detail thanks to the installation of Canada’s first 7-Tesla whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner on Feb. 5.</p> Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:11:45 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 3329 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/unexpected-creates-reward-when-listening-music-294585 <p><strong>Scientists prove difference between expected/actual outcomes cause reward response</strong></p> <p>If you love it when a musician strikes that unexpected but perfect chord, you are not alone. New research shows the musically unexpected activates the reward centre of our brains, and makes us learn about the music as we listen.</p> Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:05:01 +0000 martin.maynard@mail.mcgill.ca 3347 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/non-invasive-method-detect-alzheimers-disease-283458 <h2>Volume in brain region linked to physiological changes characteristic of AD</h2> <p>New research has drawn a link between changes in the brain’s anatomy and biomarkers that are known to appear at the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), findings that could one day provide a sensitive but non-invasive test for AD before cognitive symptoms appear.</p> Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:35:29 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2876 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/early-hiv-treatment-key-avoiding-brain-atrophy-287004 <h2>New study underlines importance of early screening and antiretroviral therapy</h2> <p>While the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has largely dropped from news headlines since the 1990s, at the end of 2016 there were 36.7 million people living with the infection, and of those only 53 per cent had access to treatment. A new study underscores the neurological consequences of exposure to HIV without antiretroviral therapy.</p> Thu, 03 May 2018 13:36:16 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 3037 at /neuro /neuro/article/research-stories/pioneer-mri Magnetic resonance imaging at The Neuro has a long history of research and clinical breakthrough Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:36:19 +0000 Victor Swoboda 3361 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/detecting-long-term-concussion-athletes-268926 <h2>Researchers develop method that could one day be used in brain trauma lawsuits</h2> <p> </p> <p>Lawyers representing both sides in concussion lawsuits against sports leagues may eventually have a new tool at their disposal: a diagnostic signature that uses artificial intelligence to detect brain trauma years after it has occurred. </p> Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:18:34 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 2680 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/link-between-obesity-brain-and-genetics-289083 <p><strong>When it comes to weight gain, the problem may be mostly in our heads, and our genes</strong></p> <p>Clinicians should consider how the way we think can make us vulnerable to obesity, and how obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and mental performance, according to new research.</p> Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:42:51 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 3141 at /neuro