Inside a Yawn: Real‑Time MRI Reveals a Distinct Brain Fluid Response
Yawning is one of the most common human behaviours, yet it remains one of the least understood. Often dismissed as a sign of boredom or fatigue, yawning has long been suspected to play a physiological role in brain function. Now, a team of researchers at NeuRA Imaging has used real‑time MRI to capture what actually …
New Insights Into Chiari: What Happens During a Cough?
A team of researchers at NeuRA Imaging has captured the most detailed MRI footage to date of what happens inside the head and neck during a cough in people with Chiari malformation, challenging decades of assumptions about how the condition causes sudden, debilitating headaches. For years, clinicians have believed that cough‑triggered headaches in Chiari malformation …
Volunteers Needed for Child & Teen MRI Study at NeuRA
NeuRA Imaging is seeking children and teenagers aged 5–18 years to take part in an exciting new MRI research study. This project, part of the Paxinos Labs’ “Eight to Eighty” initiative, aims to build a living brain atlas using ultra‑high‑resolution MRI to map the ~1000 structures of the developing brain. Participants will attend four on‑site …
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT CRPS and the Brain: No Structural Damage Detected in New Research
The results suggest CRPS symptoms may stem from functional brain changes rather than permanent structural injury. A new study led by Dr Audrey Wang and colleagues at NeuRA has delivered a detailed examination of white matter structure in people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Recently published in the European Journal of Pain, the study …
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT Stress, trauma, and the brain in chronic pain
New research reveals that stress and trauma reshape key brain regions differently in people with chronic pain. Stress and pain don’t affect everyone equally Researchers at the NeuroRecovery Research Hub, School of Psychology at UNSW Sydney, and the Centre for Pain IMPACT at NeuRA are uncovering how experiencing very stressful or traumatic events changes the …
MRI and blood biomarker analysis reveals what happens to the brain after soccer heading
New research conducted at NeuRA identified microstructural, functional and chemical changes after controlled soccer heading. This is the first randomised controlled trial to use MRI to examine how the brain responds to soccer heading. Conducted in a highly controlled environment, adult soccer players headed a regulation soccer ball 20 times in 20 minutes, with balls …
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