Purdue University’s highly anticipated multimillion-dollar MRI research facility has officially opened its doors at its campus in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Methylene blue has been around for nearly a century and is mostly used to treat methemoglobinemia. New data, however, suggests that a single dose of methylene blue enhances the response of brain regions that control attention and short-term memory.

MRI scans done on patients measured if loneliness is associated with levels of amyloid proteins in the brain, which researchers suggest could be an indication of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease and ultimately aid in intervention research.

Just a single season of tackle football was enough to produce noticeable changes in the brains of boys aged 8 to 13 years old, according to a study released in Radiology. 

Researchers form several Boston-area universities have developed an MRI algorithm that can account for the constant movement of the fetus and mother, possibly giving clinicians the ability to measure levels of chemicals in the placenta and fetal organs--an important diagnostic marker. 

A new report from BCC Research shows that the MRI system market will see significant growth this year and through 2021.

When videos of parents overdosing around their children went viral last month the general public responded with a mixture of outrage and sadness. While there's general pattern of neglect with addicted parents, it turns out there may be a neurological basis for how they act. 

Stanford Medicine has identified an fMRI metric that could indicate the likelihood of relieving depression with medication, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States of America.