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Medicine 2021-03-05

When peeking at your brain may help with mental illness

University of Rochester meta-study finds some positive results for the experimental real-time fMRI neurofeedback approach
When peeking at your brain may help with mental illness
In recent years, researchers have begun using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) not just for better understanding the neural bases of psychiatric illness, but also for experimental treatment of depression, ADHD, anxiety, PTSD, substance use disorder, and schizophrenia with a technique called real-time fMRI neurofeedback.

While rtfMRI-NF has emerged in recent years as a promising experimental intervention, it's also a costly procedure that requires extensive technical setup to allow for real-time analysis. That's why a quantitative data review was overdue.

A team of END