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In a new study, published in Human Brain Mapping, a group of scientists, led by Dr Marcus Kaiser from the School of Medicine at the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´, looked at epilepsy patients undergoing surgery.
A NEW report shows that technologies developed from research carried out at the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ have attracted millions of pounds’ worth of investment over the past 12 months, supporting the region’s economic prosperity and reputation for scientific breakthroughs.
A new MRI study could reveal why some people are more likely to become obese than others by examining what happens in the brain and gut when people consume food high in fat and carbohydrate.
Researchers from the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre (SPMIC) and Gastroenterology in the School of Medicine are investigating how a popular treatment (Bisacodyl often known as Dulcolax) for constipation works in the body.
Research led by the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ and funded by the UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Timing will explore how neural substrates underling cognitive processing whilst driving, change with age.
A new £2.9 million intra-operative MRI scanner has been officially unveiled at the Queen’s Medical Centre during a virtual opening for patients, staff and charity donors. The machine was funded after charity appeals run by Nottingham Hospitals Charity and the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´, and will transform the treatment of young brain tumour patients from across the East Midlands.
Experts from the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ have received €2million in funding to develop new MRI technologies for mapping the human brain, which could open new possibilities for how certain mental health disorders are characterised, diagnosed and eventually treated.
The ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ has partnered with Kent based company Magnetic Shields Limited (MSL) to launch a new spin-out company, Cerca Magnetics Limited (Cerca) to bring the world’s most advanced functional brain scanner to market.
Dr Lauren V Hadley from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Dr George Gordon from the Faculty of Engineering, have both been awarded a fellowship which will see them receive grants of up to £1.2milllion (each) over an initial four year period to carry out their own research projects.
The PHOSP-COVID study has been awarded £8.4million jointly by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). This study is one of a number of COVID-19 studies that have been given urgent public health research status by the Department of Health and Social Care.
New research has found that delivering electrical pulses to the wrist can significantly reduce the amount and severity of tics experienced by individuals with Tourette Syndrome (TS), giving new hope for an effective treatment.
Using the very latest wide-bore magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning equipment at the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´, experts in the School of Physics and Astronomy, School of Medicine and the School of Life Sciences imaged differences in blood flow through the placenta in healthy and pre-eclampsia pregnancies.
MRI is best known for providing images inside the body, now with a new sodium scanning technique developed at the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ it has been used to give new insights into the inner workings of next generation high-performance rechargeable batteries.
A picture of Sir Peter Mansfield in a model MRI scanner from the 1970’s and thousands of the first ever scans are amongst a new archive charting the story of MRI in Nottingham.
A new wearable ‘bike helmet’ style brain scanner, that allows natural movement during scanning, has been used in a study with young children for the first time.
The ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ has received a £2.3M grant to develop its ground-breaking research into wearable functional brain imaging
A group of children and young people are helping experts to test a new way of managing childhood constipation by swallowing harmless mini-capsules that show up on MRI scans to track their digestion.
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