Friedreich’s ataxia is a multisystem autosomal-recessive disease, and the most common genetically inherited ataxia affecting approximately 1 in 29,000 individuals.
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Excessive coughing is one of the most common reasons for seeking medical advice yet the available therapies for treating cough disorders are inadequate.
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Mental rotation is a task known to activate the parietal cortical regions. Our aim was to investigate whether brain regions within the parietal lobe reveal functional specialisation with increasing angle of rotation.
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Diffusion MRI is an imaging technique that is unique in its ability to probe tissue microarchitecture at the cellular level non-invasively. It is increasingly used to investigate brain white matter and its disorders, providing a wealth of important information that cannot be obtained by any other method.
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Perfusion MRI is a non-invasive imaging technique for measuring cerebral perfusion (blood delivery to brain tissue per unit time). Blood delivers oxygen and nutrients to the tissue, which are necessary for cellular metabolism.
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“The human brain must continue to frame the problems for the electronic machine to solve.”
