It allows providers to quantify changes in tumor size throughout patients’ treatment in real-time, providing early indications of efficacy and enabling adjustments as needed.

Experts are optimistic that the use of portable systems can increase accessibility to neuroimaging and efficiency in stroke care. 

Some of the findings observed have also been reported in patients who have multiple sclerosis, “which could suggest partially shared pathophysiological substrates of fatigue symptoms,” researchers indicated. 

New research indicates that conservatives have larger amygdalas than their more progressive-leaning counterparts.

The CDC estimates that just under 7% of adults in the United States continue to struggle with symptoms of long COVID.

While prior imaging studies have compared changes that occur in the brain before pregnancy and after childbirth, this latest analysis is the first to span multiple time points during the full gestational period.

Prior studies have hypothesized that reduced functional connectivity in the amygdala was more common among people on the spectrum.

Specific brain connectivity patterns evident during childhood might make people more vulnerable to developing psychiatric disorders.