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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT New trial using cannabis derivative for chronic pain following spinal cord injury

Half of all people with spinal cord injury will develop chronic pain—just one of the unseen effects that can be debilitating for the person with an injury. A specific type of pain — neuropathic pain — can be so severe that many regard the pain as the most debilitating consequence of their injury. Neuropathic pain …

“The highest-resolution images of a living brain in the world”

Professor George Paxinos has been featured in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Weekend Magazine. George has recently published a novel titled A River Divided and in his chat to Good Weekend, some of his latest research with Steve Kassem and Mark Schira at NeuRA Imaging was discussed. Along with some of their stunning images we …

Picture graphic of two scientists sharing data

Data handling, management and processing

The new NeuRA MRI Facility is officially open for business and with it comes a new data storage and sharing platform. But first – a bit of history. Where it all began NeuRA has been providing research imaging services on-site since 2003, with the establishment of a joint clinical and research partnership between NeuRA (then …

New Philips 3T MRI now part of Australia’s National Imaging Facility

The National Imaging Facility (NIF) has welcomed the new MRI scanner at NeuRA Imaging into its suite of imaging facilities that span the breadth of Australia. The new Philips 3T Ingenia MRI scanner at NeuRA Imaging is now a member of Australia’s National Imaging Facility. Announced last month at the annual NIF meeting in at …

It’s here… and waiting

The new MRI scanner arrived two weeks ago. Over the course of about 4 hours, with some prodding and gentle pushing, it was put in place to be ramped up in a few weeks time.