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Redefining human brain temperature and its clinical utility

Published on 27 June, 2022

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy allowed Nina Rzechorzek (member of the O’Neill group, Cell Biology) and collaborators to create a HEATWAVE map, showing how temperatures vary in the brain across the day, between the sexes, and as we age – a healthy brain is remarkably hotter than previously assumed. More…