Essentially, a brain scan is a picture of the inside of the skull. They’re typically obtained by technicians using either a ...

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a highly sensitive diagnostic that predicts a ...

Radiation-induced brain injury (RIBI) is a serious and often delayed complication of cranial radiotherapy, which remains a cornerstone in the treatment of brain tumors such as gliomas, metastases, and ...

Our bodies change as we get older, and one undesirable result is that we become more vulnerable to age-related issues. Particularly, old age is characterized by a significant physical and mental ...

CT scans offer one way to learn more about the location, size, and shape of a brain aneurysm. A brain aneurysm is a weak or very thin spot on an artery in the brain that bulges out and fills with ...

Investigators used MRI to evaluate brain perfusion in patients with transfusion-dependent (n=54) and non–transfusion-dependent (n=23) β-thalassemia versus 56 controls. They found that relative ...

The skull is so effective at protecting the brain that it has impeded the progress of neuroscience. In particular: A nice, thick skull poses challenges for imaging the brain in natural environments or ...

Can a simple brain scan determine how old your brain is? Your brain is as old as you are in chronological years, of course, but what about in wear-and-tear years? It would be an exciting prospect if ...