Dimitrios Pantazis, Head of MEG Lab
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Modern imaging technologies at MIT and MGH provide exciting new ways to understand the structure and function of the human brain. We will provide guided tours of our imaging facilities and show how we use these tools to look inside the brain. Our recently installed MEG scanner, capable of measuring magnetic fields a billionth of the magnetic field of earth, can record the simultaneous firing of thousands of cortical neurons as they form dynamic networks. Our MRI scanner provides high resolution images of the human brain as subjects perform a wide range of perceptual and cognitive tasks. Our PET scanners can reveal the localization of specific molecules in the brain, revealing pathologies that may underlie many different brain disorders. TMS is a noninvasive method that uses electromagnetic induction to induce weak electric currents and cause depolarization or hyperpolarization in the neurons of the brain. We will introduce these technologies, and discuss their contribution to neuroscience and current projects at MIT and MGH.
Contact: Dimitrios Pantazis, 46-5147, 617 324-6292, PANTAZIS@MIT.EDU
| Jan/15 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 46-1015 |
Topics include electrophysiological basis of MEG signals, instrumentation, modeling, cortical rhythms, brain networks, combining MEG with fMRI
Dimitrios Pantazis - Head of MEG Lab, Yu-Teng Chang - Post-doctoral Associate, Radoslaw Cichy - Post-doctoral Associate
| Jan/17 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 46-1147 |
A tour at the MEG Lab, demo scan and data analysis of an MEG experiment
MEG Lab: http://mcgovern.mit.edu/technology/meg-lab
Dimitrios Pantazis - Head of MEG Lab, Kleovoulos Tsourides - Research Associate
| Jan/22 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 46-3015 |
Introduction to PET technology and scanners at MGH, and applications in tumor detection, brain metabolic activity, gene expression, neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, pharmacology etc.
Quanzheng Li - Assistant Professor
| Jan/24 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 46-3015 |
Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to depolarize and hyperpolarize neurons of the brain, applications to treat depression and examine basic mechanisms of post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, among others.
Tommi Raij - Instructor in Radiology
| Jan/29 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 46-3015 |
Topics include MRI hardware, BOLD responses, diffusion imaging, safety, and more.
Anastasia Yendiki - Assistant Professor, Steven P Shannon - Operations Manager and MR Research Technologist, Sheeba Arnold Anteraper - MR Programmer
| Jan/31 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 46-1171 |
A tour at the MRI lab. Demo scan (finger tapping) and data analysis.
MRI Lab: http://mcgovern.mit.edu/technology/martinos-imaging-center/technical-resources
Steven P Shannon - Operations Manager and MR Research Technologist, Sheeba Arnold Anteraper - MR Programmer