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Scientists identify five ages of the human brain over a lifetime

25 Nov 2025

Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human lifespan.

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Ultra-powered MRI scans show damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ is behind long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms

08 Oct 2024

Damage to the brainstem – the brain’s ‘control centre’ – is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a...

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Ultra-powerful brain scanners offer hope for Parkinson’s disease patients

17 May 2022

7T MRI scanners could be used to help identify those patients with Parkinson’s disease and similar conditions most likely to benefit from new...

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Imaging technique could replace tissue biopsies in assessing drug resistance in breast cancer patients

06 Oct 2020

Imaging techniques could replace the need for invasive tissue biopsies in helping rapidly determine whether cancer treatments are working effectively...

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3D model of a knee with osteoarthritis

Improved MRI scans could aid in development of arthritis treatments

09 Jun 2020

An algorithm that analyses MRI images and automatically detects small changes in knee joints over time could be used in the development of new...

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AI techniques in medical imaging may lead to incorrect diagnoses

12 May 2020

Machine learning and AI are highly unstable in medical image reconstruction, and may lead to false positives and false negatives, a new study...

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Opinion: Why medical technology often doesn’t make it from drawing board to hospital

15 Feb 2017

Medical imaging is a brilliant field filled with brilliant minds, writes Matthew Leming, PhD candidate in Psychiatry for The Conversation. So why don...

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Opinion: Brain scanners allow scientists to ‘read minds’ – could they now enable a ‘Big Brother’ future?

13 Feb 2017

Brain imaging can reveal a great deal about who we are and what is going inside our heads. But how far can – and should – this research take us...

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Cambridge extends world leading role for medical imaging with powerful new brain and body scanners

24 Oct 2016

The next generation of imaging technology, newly installed at the University of Cambridge, will give researchers an unprecedented view of the human...

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Schizophrenia and the teenage brain: how can imaging help?

17 Feb 2016

Adolescence is a dangerous time for the onset of mental health problems. Advances in brain imaging are helping to picture how neural changes in these...

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HALLUZINATION

Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure

17 Nov 2015

People diagnosed with schizophrenia who are prone to hallucinations are likely to have structural differences in a key region of the brain compared...

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ADHD

Differences in brain structure and memory suggest adolescents may not ‘grow out of’ ADHD

27 Aug 2015

Young adults diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescence show differences in brain structure and perform poorly in...

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