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Columbia researchers identify early brain marker for familial form of depression

Findings from one of the largest-ever imaging studies of depression indicate that a structural difference in the brain – a thinning of the right hemisphere – appears to be linked to a higher risk for ...

Life Sciences |

Study finds abnormalities in cerebral cortex of cocaine addicts

A brain imaging study carried out at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals abnormalities in the cortex – the outer surface of the brain – of cocaine addicts that appear to correlate with dysfun...

Studies and Analyses |

Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients benefit from use of USFNA of lymph nodes

“We wanted to determine which patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer would benefit most from preoperative fine needle aspiration of the axillary lymph nodes,” said Martha Mainiero, MD, lead autho...

Medical Engineering |

Genetic Contributions to Human Brain Morphology and Intelligence

Evidence is accumulating that brain structure is under considerable genetic influence [Peper et al., 2007]. Puberty, the transitional phase from childhood into adulthood, involves changes in brain mor...

Studies and Analyses |

Meditation associated with increased grey matter in the brain

Meditation is known to alter resting brain patterns, suggesting long lasting brain changes, but a new study by researchers from Yale, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the ...

Health and Medicine |

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