Brain Imaging Core

Center URL: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/
Core URL: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/ImagingCore.htm

Core Personnel
Core Director: Richard Davidson, Ph.D.
Core Co-Director: Andrew Alexander, Ph.D.
Core Co-Director: Bradley Christian, PhD, (Associate Director, IDDRC)

Core Description

The Brain Imaging Core is central to the integration of behavioral and biological research at the Waisman Center's IDDRC. Intellectual and developmental disabilities, whether resulting from environmental factors or genetic factors, involve a pathological alteration of brain structure and/or function. Examination of such alterations is critical to our understanding of the causal pathways from environmental or genetic processes to behavioral outcome and for the development of preventive or ameliorative interventions.

Services

The laboratory includes:

3T MR scanner dedicated solely to research
Extensive visual, auditory and gustatory stimulation capabilities with online eye-tracking during MR scans
PET scanner
MicroPET scanner
Scanning simulation room with a mock scanner
Tandem accelerator to support the PET scanners
Psychophysiology facility
Dedicated computing facilities