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Advanced imaging technology measures magnetite levels in the living brain

November 28, 2018 by

Investigators have used magnetoencephalography -- a technology that measures brain activity by detecting the weak magnetic fields produced by the brain's normal electrical currents -- to measure levels of the iron-based mineral called magnetite in the human brain.

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