CCB: Neuroscience IDP Site Visit - April 14, 2006 (LONI Tour)

• Welcome - 11:30 AM, Dr. Toga (Foyer)
• NS Graduate Students in LONI - 11:30 AM (DIVE)
  • Lara Foland
    • Cortical gray matter thickness and manic and depressive episodes after pharmacological treatment in Bipolar Disorder (BD).
    • Examination of Bipolar Disorder using functional brain imaging
    • Functional connectivity of prefrontal cortices and limbic system in mood disordered patients
  • Nathan Hageman
    • PDE based tractography algorithm development DT-MRI phantom development DTI analysis tool suite development DTI clinical collaborations
  • Allan MacKenzie-Graham
    • Mouse models for Multiple Sclerosis
    • Mouse Atlas Construction
  • Veena Narayan
    • Structural and functional MRI in normal and disease populations.
  • Elizabeth O’Hare
    • Cerebellar Vermal Abnormalities in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
    • Structural Analyses of the Cerebellum in Fetal Alcohol Sydrome and Normally Developing Individuals
    • Functional Studies of Frontal-Cerebellar Working Memory Networks
  • Janelle Taylor
    • Structural brain differences between children with artism and normals
• NS Research at LONI - 11:35 AM (DIVE)
  • Atlasing: An atlas of the brain allows us to define its spatial characteristics. Where is a given structure; relative to what other features; what are its shape and characteristics and how do we refer to it? Play movies
  • Alzheimer's Disease: Investigating structural, functional, metabolic and pathological changes triggered by Alzheimer's disease. Play movies
  • Brain Development: Focused on assessing structural brain changes in development and disease. Play movies
  • OIS: Mapping the brain by measuring intrinsic activity-related changes in tissue reflectance. Play movie
  • Schizophrenia: Mapping heritability and effects of risk genes on structural features in the brain. Play movie
• LONI Computational Infrastructure - 11:45 AM (Data Center)