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Results for: Human Brain Imaging
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Neuroscience doctoral student receives NIH award to study the little-known astrocyte , articleBeatriz T. Ceja Pinkston will use a National Institutes of Health grant to study astrocytes, cells in the brain that have complex, sponge-like shapes with thousands of branches from their cell body that allow them to interact with thousands of things at once.
Date: Sep 26, 2022 -
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Read Montague of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute to share groundbreaking brain research at Nobel symposium , articleMontague is one of seven world leaders in neuroscience invited to present his findings at an event sponsored and hosted by the Nobel Assembly in Stockholm.
Date: Sep 06, 2022 -
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New Fralin Biomedical Research Institute laboratory to explore genetic prelude to epilepsy , articleThe Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC recently recruited neuroscientist Matthew Weston to investigate childhood epilepsy, particularly how specific genetic variants that cause the disorder regulate brain activity.
Date: Aug 03, 2022 -
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NIH grant will fund graduate student’s study of human brain activity in alcohol use disorder , articleJeremy Myslowski, a doctoral student working in the lab of Stephen LaConte at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will use the award to study new ways to quantify severity of alcohol use disorder with neuroimaging and to test whether this disorder also impairs brain regulation.
Date: Apr 15, 2022 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC takes delivery of new scanner for MR–guided focused ultrasound facility , articleFralin Biomedical Research Institute added a second Siemens Prisma MRI 3.0 Tesla scanner to its already wide array of imaging equipment available to Virginia Tech researchers, including four other MRI scanners, CT scanners, and an optically pumped magnetometry facility.
Date: Oct 05, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows present neurobiology and advanced imaging findings , articleThe Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC hosted 20 undergraduate students this summer for a 10-week experience in two research programs that explore neurobiology and cutting-edge imaging technology to visualize living systems.
Date: Aug 24, 2021 -
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Neuroscience’s Michelle Olsen using NIH grant to study one of the final frontiers: the brain , articleOlsen will study the yet unknown functions of the astrocyte cell as part of a new five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Date: Mar 19, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists to present virtual Brain School lectures for March’s Brain Awareness Week , articleFour brain scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will share extraordinary insights and emerging concepts about the brain in one-hour interactive programs.
Date: Mar 09, 2021 -
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Leading pain researcher to discuss efforts to ‘see’ why we hurt at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute public lecture , articleDr. Irene Tracey's lecture, “Can We Ever Really ‘See’ Pain? Unravelling Pain’s Mysteries with Neuroimaging,” is part of the Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture series hosted by Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Nov 09, 2020 -
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Scientists find dopamine, serotonin have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain , articleIn first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of researchers has revealed two well-known neurochemicals — dopamine and serotonin — are at work at sub-second speeds to shape how people perceive the world and take action based on their perception.
Date: Oct 12, 2020 -
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Scientists reveal how brain tumors impact normally supportive cells , articleThe same brain cells designed to stop brain damage fail to support healthy neurons when a cancer grows. New research, led by Stefanie Robel and Harald Sontheimer at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, reveals how gliomas alter astrocytes, a cell type that helps protect neurons and is crucial to preventing seizures.
Date: Apr 01, 2020