sexta-feira, 18 de outubro de 2019

Neuroscientists to introduce new approach to assess brain damage in Parkinson's patients



TSU neuroscientists and their associates from SibSMU strategy to introduce a new approach to studying brain damage in clients with Parkinson'' s disease. They will examine the condition of myelin - the primary substance of the membranes of nerve fibers, on which the appropriate transmission of signals in between nerve cells depends. A unique non-invasive technique developed under the supervision of Vasily Yarnykh, scientific coordinator of the Lab of Neurobiology, Teacher at TSU and the University of Washington, will assist neuroscientists to examine the degree of damage to the nerve membranes.
The essence of the method is the special mathematical processing of MRT (magnetic resonance tomography) data, which helps to construct myelin maps and measure them, - discusses Marina Khodanovich, head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology of the TSU Research Study Institute of Biology and Biophysics. - This approach opens brand-new possibilities in getting extra diagnostic details about clients with some serious illness in which the primary devastating process is demyelination (destruction of the myelin sheath of neurons).
In 2019, for the very first time in world medical practice, TSU neuroscientists utilized a new tool to evaluate the seriousness of pathological changes in the membranes of nerve fibers in people with Parkinson's illness.
In the next stage, neuroscientists will process MRT images and get MPF (maturation promoting aspect) maps of myelin in the brain, which helps to estimate the amount of myelin and the condition of the nerve membranes in clients with Parkinson's.

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