NORWALK, Conn., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that Neurology Times, a leading online community and information resource for neurologists and other healthcare providers, provides special coverage on recent advances in neuroimaging.
Neuroimaging serves as a useful adjunct to clinical assessment, and advances in neuroimaging are critical to understanding the workings of the human brain, detecting diseases before their clinical signs appear, and developing targeted drug therapies.
Coverage of recent advances in neuroimaging on Neurology Times includes the following:
- New Imaging Spots Inflammation in Brain Disorders: A new radioactive "tracer" can be used to observe inflammation-related changes in the brain. The tool could be useful in making the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease in humans and monitoring this disorder and others affected by neuroinflammation.
- Idiopathic Primary Generalized Epilepsies: Benign? Study authors did a careful 2-year follow-up of cognitive trajectory and volumetric MRI analysis of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Patients appear to have modest cognitive defects and imaging abnormalities early on that are unlikely to be associated with anti-epileptic therapy—a clear departure from traditional teaching.
- MRI Predicts MS Risk, Even Without Symptoms: Determining who is at risk for multiple sclerosis remains difficult, and symptoms may take time to develop even in patients who already have some destroyed myelin. Risk assessment might be useful for strategies that delay or prevent disease progression.
- MRI May Advance Parkinson Gene Therapy: These therapies for Parkinson disease appeared to be safe in clinical trials, but up until now, they have not produced promising efficacy results.
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