X-Message-Number: 24660 From: "The NanoAging Institute" <> Subject: World's Most Powerful MRI for Decoding the Human Brain Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:06:47 -0400 watch biochemical changes in the brain almost in real time, as a person is thinking or learning -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Dr. Keith Thulborn, director of the UIC Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, will showcase the first test pictures from the new 9.4-tesla MRI scanner. He will also feature images of single thoughts as a person learns to perform a new task. These images, from UIC's state-of-the-art 3.0-tesla MRI scanner, are the first of their kind. This advanced technology at UIC ushers in a new age of metabolic imaging that will help researchers decipher the workings of the human brain, detect diseases even before their clinical signs appear, develop targeted drug therapies and provide a better understanding of learning disabilities. Central to the newest technology is the 9.4-tesla magnet, larger than any existing human-sized magnet, built by GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Thanks to the power of this magnet, UIC researchers will be able to detect signals from elements like sodium, phosphorus, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen -- the metabolic building blocks of brain function and human thought. As a consequence, UIC researchers will be able to watch biochemical changes in the brain almost in real time, as a person is thinking or learning. http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/507138/?sc=wire Newswise 20040917 UIC chemome metabolome proteome genome Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24660