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Mammoth magnet

The new 7 Tesla MRI scanner will advance imaging research at the UI
By: Tim Schoon  |  2014.06.06  |  11:55 am
Signed, sealed, and delivered: The University of Iowa welcomed a new magnetic resonance imaging instrument, one of the world's most sophisticated models to date, that will advance research into the human brain and body.

Adolescent brain study seeks participants

By: UI Health Care Marketing and Communications  |  2014.02.12  |  10:25 am
Adolescents age 13 to 16 who have a first degree relative (biological parent or full sibling) with schizophrenia or a similar disorder are invited to participate in a University of Iowa research study examining the maturation of brain connectivity in adolescents.
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Brain power

Iowa’s ‘gold mine’ of discovery in cognitive neuroscience
By: Jennifer Brown  |  2013.03.15  |  08:00 am
The Iowa Neurological Patient Registry was founded in 1982 by UI researchers. The one-of-a-kind registry collects multiple instances of patients who have experienced brain damage as a result of injury, illness, or surgery, and helps researchers determine if lesions in one specific brain area always produce the same cognitive or behavioral deficits.

Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury have brain abnormalities

White matter 'potholes' are associated with severity of head injury and cognitive impairment
By: Jennifer Brown  |  2013.02.07  |  11:23 am
A recent study by psychiatrists with the Iowa City VA Medical Center and University of Iowa Health Care finds that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) have measurable abnormalities in the white matter of their brains when compared to returning veterans who have not experienced TBI.

Andreasen receives scientific award for mental illness research

By: Jennifer Brown  |  2012.11.16  |  10:48 am
Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., University of Iowa professor of psychiatry, who holds the Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry, has received the 2012 National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Scientific Research Award, honoring her contributions to the understanding of schizophrenia.

Acid in the brain

UI team develops new way to look at brain function
By: Jennifer Brown  |  2012.05.18  |  09:55 am
A University of Iowa neuroscientist's work suggests that increased acidity in the brain is linked to panic disorders, anxiety, and depression. But it also indicates that changes in acidity are important for normal brain activity, too.
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