Brain temperature is difficult to measure. Here's how a new infrared technique can help
- Written by Blanca del Rosal Rabes, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Brain temperature is implicated in many common conditions including stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, and headaches.
Changes in brain temperature can indicate there is a disease developing, but researchers have struggled to measure it. The use of conventional thermometers is very invasive, and remote...
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