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Mapping Brain Function & Connectivity with MRI:
Progress at the F.M. Kirby Research Center

James J. Pekar, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University & Kennedy Krieger Institute

The F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging < http://mri.kennedykrieger.org > at Kennedy Krieger Institute is an NIH-funded resource for the development of magnetic resonance technology
for probing human functional brain anatomy.  Dr. Pekar, who serves as Manager of the Kirby Center, will present an overview of recent progress.  Relevant recent papers from the Kirby Center include:


Calhoun VD, Pekar JJ, McGinty VB, et al.  "Different Activation Dynamics in Multiple Neural Systems During Simulated Driving." Human Brain Mapping 2002; 16:158 (2002).

Golay X, Jiang H, van Zijl PCM, Mori S.  "High-Resolution Isotropic 3D Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Human Brain."  Magn. Reson. Med. 47:837 (2002).

Hoon AH, Lawrie WT, Melhem, ER, et al. "Diffusion Tensor Imaging of PVL Shows Affected Sensory Cortex White Matter Pathways", Neurology, 59:752 (2002)

Kraut MA, Kremen S, Segal J, et al. "Object Activation from Features in the Semantic System." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 14:24 (2002).

Lu, H, Golay X, Pekar JJ, & van Zijl PCM.  "Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Based on Changes in Vascular Space Occupancy." Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 50:263-274 (2003).

Mostofsky SH, Schafer JGB, Abrams MT, et al. "FMRI Evidence that the Neural Basis of Response Inhibition is Task-Dependent."  Cognitive Brain Research 17:419 (2003).

Mori S, Kaufmann WE, Davatzikos C, et al.  "Imaging Cortical Association Tracts in the Human Brain using Diffusion-Tensor-Based Axonal Tracking." Magn. Reson. Med. 47:215 (2002).

Rama P, Sala JB, Gillen JS, et al. "Dissociation of the Neural Systems for Working Memory Maintenance of Verbal and Nonspatial Visual Information." Perceptual, Behavioral, and Affective Neuroscience 1:161
(2001).

Wakana S, Jian, H, Nagae-Poetsche, M, et al. "A Fiber-Tract Based Atlas of Human White Matter Anatomy", Radiology 230:77 (2004)

Yantis S, Schwarzbach J, Serences RL, et al.  "Transient Neural Activity in the Human Parietal Cortex during Spatial Attention Shifts."  Nature Neuroscience 5:995 (2002).

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