Abstract: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) has become widely deployed in both basic and clinical neuroscience investigations because of its excellent spatial resolution, but its temporal resolution is orders of magnitude lower than that of many of the neural process being studied. Similarly, electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocorticography (ECoG) have excellent temporal resolution, but poor spatial resolution. Therefore, the combination of two or more imaging methods may provide complimentary information that allows more complete understanding of cognitive processes. In addition, non-invasive modulation of brain regions during neuroimaging may provide a unique means of probing causal relationships by temporarily altering membrane excitability. Such methods include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial electrical stimulation (tDCS, tACS) and optogenetics. Here we explore such multi-modal methods of imaging and modulation of brain as well as real-time fMRI for invoking neuroplastic behavioral modification.

Biosketch: Dr. Glover has received international recognition as a pioneer in developing magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging. As senior physicist for General Electric Medical Systems, he was a member of the original five-man magnetic resonance development team that began in 1980. He joined Stanford’s Radiology Department in 1990 and founded and directs the Radiological Sciences Laboratory, presently comprised of 11 faculty and more than 70 students, fellows and staff engaged in a broad spectrum of biomedical imaging research and development. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering (AIMBE) as well as the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), for which he is also Past President. He was honored by his alma mater in 2010 with the University of Minnesota’s second highest honor, the Outstanding Achievement Award, and by the Academy of Radiology Research as Distinguished Investigator in 2014. He holds a number of other honors including the Radiological Society of North America’s Outstanding Researcher Award and ISMRM’s Gold Medal. He has authored some 50 patents and published more than 360 papers on his research.

(via teleconference to SL165 at IUPUI)

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