CHICAGO--Soldiers who have sustained a blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) exhibit long-term brain differences identifiable with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), according to a study presented Dec. 2 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

CHICAGO—Premature birth may trigger developmental processes in the white matter (WM) of the brain that could put children at a higher risk for problems later in life, according to a study to be presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Some of the earliest brain changes associated with the major genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have been identified in a study published on Nov. 25 in JAMA Neurology.

For patients who have suffered a brain injury, brain rehabilitation could be the key to putting a smile back on their faces.

Alterations in brain structure in the default mode network (DMN), assessed with diffusion tensor imaging, could provide a noninvasive biomarker for diagnosis and treatment monitoring in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), according to a study published online Nov. 19 in Radiology.

Brain abnormalities may still be present four months after a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), even after symptoms have subsided, according to a study published online Nov. 20 in Neurology.

A team of researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the Polish Wroclaw University of Technology have created a new technique with multi-photon lasers that could attack clumps of amyloid protein plaques, which are the hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, reported Smithsonian.com on Nov. 8.

Treatment with neurological resection and carmustine wafers improved the cognitive trajectory, particularly memory and executive function, of patients with brain metastases according to a study published in the November issue of Cancer.