25 novembre 2008
Rebecca COALSON présentera "Developmental Changes in Resting State-Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
- Intervenant : Rebecca COALSON
- Laboratoire : Washington University, St Louis
- Date prévue : 25 novembre 2008 à 16h30
- Lieu : salle D32, 1er étage, bâtiment BSHM
- Titre : Developmental Changes in Resting State-Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Abstract : Correlation of resting state fMRI timecourses between brain regions is an exciting new
tool for exploring how regions work together in networks. This method of looking at
'functional connectivity' is a current focus in the lab of Steve Petersen and Brad
Schlaggar at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After a description of the
concept and a methods demonstration, I hope to convince you that this tool can aid our
understanding of brain function by adding information about how activated regions are
connected in networks. Finally, I will present some of the results from projects in our
lab, including connections between cognitive control regions in adults, the development
of these connections from age 7 to adult, the development of connections between
control regions and regions from the 'default' network, and finally a comparison of
adolescents with Tourette's Syndrome to typically developing children and adults.
