Neuroscience Research
Functional Neuroimaging is a priority area for neuroscience and translational areas of research.
The Institute of Neuroscience
It is committed to developing a UK-unique and nationally accessible range of facilities for multi-species neuroimaging.
A 4.7 Tesla Functional Magnetic Resonance Imager (FMRI) for non-invasive animal studies (funded by the JIF award to the Neuroecology group in 2002) is situated in the Henry Wellcome Building.
Several neuroscientists in the Institute are active experts in fMRI, with a particular focus on auditory processing. Several groupings within the Institute currently employ magnetoencephalography (MEG) in collaboration with European centres and positron emission tomography is planned. Experimental optical recording and calcium imaging is also employed.
Neuroscience projects
- Bipolar Lithium Imaging Structure and Spectroscopy (BLISS)
Project leader: Dr David Cousins
- Exploring how sight and sound interact in recognition
Project leader: Dr Quoc Vuong
Project dates: From November 2011
- Neuroimaging of evolutionary precursors to language
Project leader: Dr Chris Petkov
- The impact of attention on the neuronal mechanisms of adaptation
Project leader: Dr Chris Petkov
Project dates: From July 2012 to June 2015