Dimitrios Pantazis, Principal Research Scientist
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17
Limited to 50 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None
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 scanners provide high resolution images of the human brain as subjects perform a wide range of perceptual and cognitive tasks. Our PET scanners can identify and localize specific molecules in the brain, revealing pathologies that may underlie many different brain disorders. TMS is a noninvasive method that uses electromagnetic induction to create weak electric currents and cause depolarization or hyperpolarization in the neurons of the brain. NIRS uses infrared light to illuminate tissue and infer brain activity through the diffusion and scattering of this light. We will introduce these technologies, offer lab tours and demonstrate data collection, and discuss their contribution to neuroscience and current projects at MIT and MGH.
Contact: Dimitrios Pantazis, 46-5147, 617 324-6292, PANTAZIS@MIT.EDU
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Jan/17 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | bldg 46-3015 |
Electrophysiological basis of MEG signals; instrumentation; modeling; cortical rhythms; brain networks; combining MEG with fMRI, studying the human visual system.
Dimitrios Pantazis - Principal Research Scientist
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Jan/17 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:00PM | bldg 46-3015 |
Topics include MRI instrumentation, magnetic fields, safety, functional imaging with BOLD response, diffusion imaging, and others.
Anastasia Yendiki - Assistant Professor
| Jan/17 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | bldg 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
Sheeba Anteraper - Senior Programmer, Steve Shannon - Operations Manager and MR Research Technologist
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Jan/17 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | bldg 46-1147 |
A tour at the MEG Lab, demo scan and data analysis of an MEG experiment
Dimitrios Pantazis - Principal Research Scientist, Yasaman Bagherzadeh - Postdoctoral Fellow
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Jan/18 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:00PM | bldg 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.
Aapo Nummenmaa - Instructor
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Jan/18 | Thu | 03:00PM-04:00PM | bldg 46-3015 |
Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) instrumentation, principles of light scattering and absorption, imaging of oxygenated hemoglobin, NIRS applications.
Meryem Yucel - Instructor
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Jan/18 | Thu | 04:00PM-05:00PM | bldg 46-3015 |
Seminar on Positron Emission Technology. Introduction to PET technology and scanners at MGH; applications in tumor detection; brain metabolic activity; gene expression; neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's; pharmacology etc.
Quanzheng Li - Associate Professor