Researchers from BU along with three co-PIs, have been awarded a seven-year, multi-center $16 million grant from the NIH/NINDS to create methods for detecting and diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy during life as well as examining risk factors.
The goal of this half-day workshop is to create new collaborations that bring together faculty and investigators from all across the university and to identify promising ideas for joint research grants and projects.
The John Blair Barnwell Award recognizes Terence Keane as a world leader in the field of traumatic stress.
Substantial changes to hospital rankings could affect hospital ratings, and reimbursements and financial penalties.
For the first time, CTE has been confirmed as a unique disease that can be definitively diagnosed by neuropathological examination of brain tissue.
New study sheds light on the significance of a potential genetic risk factor for drug addiction and possibly other neuropsychiatric disorders.
BUSM study in the British Medical Journal is the first to evaluate the diagnostic performance of an x-ray in patients with clinical signs and symptoms of classic OA.
MRIs aid in the early detection of plaques that have a high likelihood of clotting and/or rupture.
Findings appear in the journal NeuroImage, corresponding author and principal investigator is Karin Schon, PhD, BUSM assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology,
Corresponding author Scott Hayes, PhD, assistant professor of Psychiatry, explains the significance of small changes in physical activity.