Chronic pain affects nearly one in five adults worldwide and remains one of the leading causes of disability. Unlike acute ...

Researchers found found that as people's arousal levels dwindle during an fMRI, such as if they become more relaxed and sleepy, resulting changes in breathing and heart rates alter blood oxygen levels ...

In a new study, investigators from McLean Hospital (a member of Mass General Brigham), Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Drug Abuse – Intramural Research Program (NIDA-IRP) ...

Researchers identify a conserved brainstem and spinal cord pathway (C3-C4) that controls voluntary hand movements in both mice and humans.

Novel, noninvasive testing is able to predict dementia onset with 80% accuracy up to 9 years before clinical diagnosis. The results suggest resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) could be used to ...

A new study shows how neurochemicals can influence blood vessels. The findings may change how researchers interpret results from functional magnetic resonance imaging studies. The brain is an ...

Researchers identify a neural "fingerprint" in the brain that predicts how accurately we can size up the intentions and strategies of others.

Women age 13-70 are needed to take part in a research study at Johns Hopkins' East Baltimore campus. Participants will be asked to complete one fMRI scan, computer tasks, questionnaires, and a saliva ...

In 2013, Japanese researchers published a study describing a method for "recording dreams" by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to record brain activity associated with particular ...