Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Biological Sciences and Technology

Session: Neurobiology and Brain Imaging

5 articles
Proceedings Article

Analgesic Contrast of Diverse Administrations of Botulinum Neurotoxin A (BoTN/A) Using Rat Neuropathic Pain Model

Qiong-Fang Yang, Li-Zu Xiao, Wei-Jiao Xie, Yun-Hai Qiu
As a widely used clinical biomedicine for movement disorders and anti-wrinkle, in recent years, BoTN/A has emerged as a potential approach for treating refractory pain, especially migraine, diabetic pain, postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). In this study, we compared the analgesic effect of diverse administrations...
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A Better Characterization of Brain Damage in Carbon Monoxide Intoxication Assessed in Vivo Using Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging

Wen-Yao Fan, Wen-Bin Zheng, Xi-Ran Chen
Diffusion kurtosis imaging findings in delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning have seldom reported. We present a study of a 25 -year-old female with acute carbon monoxide poisoning by using conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI). Conventional...
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Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging Detects Acute Microstructural Changes in White and Gray Matter after Alcohol Intoxication in Rat

Xi-Ran Chen, Jie-Ying Zeng, Ling-Mei Kong, Wen-Bin Zheng
Diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) is an extension of Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) but based on a non-gaussian diffusion model, allowing more comprehensive characterization of microstructural changes in the brain. The aim of this research was to test the technical feasibility to microstructural changes...
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Application of Graph Theory Features for the Objective Diagnosis of Depressive Patients with or without Anxiety: an Rs-fMRI Study

Xiang-Yu Shen, Jing-Yu Zhu, Mao-Bin Wei, Jiao-Long Qin, Rui Yan, Qiu-Xiang Wei, Zhi-Jian Yao, Qing Lu
Purposes: To probe abnormality that may lead to anxiety in depressive patients. Procedures: This study investigated the graph theory features ahead of machine learning feature selection procedure. Classification methods were applied afterwards. Methods: Graph theory, statistical analysis and forward...
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Altered Anatomical Modular Organization of Brain Networks in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

Jing-Yu Zhu, Xiang-Yu Shen, Jiao-Long Qin, Mao-Bin Wei, Rui Yan, Jian-Huai Chen, Zhi-Jian Yao, Qing Lu
This study investigates the abnormal brain structural connectivity in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) through a modularization approach. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data were collected from 20 MDD patients and 20 age-matched controls. The structural modularity characteristics and their...