People with spinal cord injuries often lose some or all their limb function. In most patients, the nerves in their limbs work ...

A brain cap and smart algorithms may one day help paralyzed patients turn thought into movement—no surgery required.

Gamers might soon be able to scan their brains using specialized commercial headphones to get midmatch snapshots of mental ...

Anyone who has ever had to get a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan knows that magnetic and highly conductive materials ...

Dr. Gary Small answers the question: 'MRI, PET Scan for Alzheimer's Diagnosis?' May 4, 2009 -- Question: When are imaging diagnostics, such as an MRI or PET scan, used to determine whether I have ...

A teenager from Beijing, China, became the youngest ever person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2022 and MRI scans show ...

At the Yale Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center, an ultra-high-performance brain-dedicated scanner called the NeuroEXPLORER (NX) is redefining what is possible in brain PET imaging. Subscribe to ...

The traumatic events that firefighters, first responders and law enforcement workers witness can lead to severe mental health struggles in their daily lives. A 2023 study by the National Highway ...

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 ...

Kim Kardashian is publicly sharing her struggles with her brain health. The reality star, 45, made the decision to get a brain scan after learning she may have an aneurysm, and when her doctor was ...