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Biophysical Modelling of Microstructural Diffusion MRI in the Rodent Brain
Diffusion MRI is a powerful tool to quantify biological tissue microstructure in vivo and non-invasively. The goal of this project is to use advanced biophysical models of diffusion MRI to extract quantitative maps of brain microstructure in animal models of disease vs healthy controls. Possible applications include Parkinson’s disease, creatine…
Structural connectivity of the human brain: what can we learn from intracerebral electrophysiological recordings in epileptic patients?
Modern neuroscience increasingly understands brain architecture as a dynamic network that underlies structural and functional connectivity between brain regions. Connectomics offers a sound framework for representing complex brain data in both healthy and pathological conditions …
Unraveling the contrast mechanism of neuromelanin-sensitive MRI
Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI is a novel technique that holds high clinical potential, as it detects pathological alterations in a wide range of diseases, among them Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia. While its name suggests that it measures the pigment neuromelanin, a surrogate of catecholaminergic function …