Advances in MRI imaging being driven by researchers ... But a number of successful studies with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1 and animal phobias 2 are helping to support its use as ...

“If we could identify individuals in danger of developing PTSD using a brain scan, we could potentially intervene to reduce or prevent symptoms of PTSD before they appear,” Harnett said. Harnett’s ...

The study found that rapid eye movement sleep, the stage when dreams occur, played a crucial role in restoring brain function ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important tool for identifying changes in brain structure that precede cognitive decline and progression with disease; however, its cost limits widespread use.

Poor sleep and mental health problems are often linked, but the reasons behind this connection have remained unclear.