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Montreal functional brain imaging platform

Project Overview

Dr. Shmuel and his team are establishing a local platform which will support functional MRI (fMRI) in the alert non-human primate brain. The platform will be accessible to any primate researchers in Montreal. The platform, including a rig for training primates, equipment for imaging, and expertise in imaging and data data analysis, will be run by a highly qualified technician. Functional MRI is an excellent tool for visualizing all areas responsive in a task. It’s spatial specificity and resolution is on the order of 1-2 mm. Therefore, it has excellent coverage of the brain while offering a reasonable spatial resolution. However, functional MRI has poor temporal resolution. Guiding neurophysiological recordings based on functional MRI by means of neuronavigation will allow the investigation of neurophysiological activity of single neurons and assemblies of neurons in regions shown to be active during the performance of the studied behavior. In addition, pursuing alert primate fMRI will allow the users group to characterize the network of areas that show changes in neuronal activity associated with the tasks the animal performs. It will therefore enable comprehensive studies of the neuronal correlates of behavior at multi-spatial scales.

Principal Investigator

Amir Shmuel , McGill University

Team Members

Paul Cisek, Université de Montréal

Erik Cook, McGill University

Kathleen Cullen, McGill University

Numa Dancause, Université de Montréal

Julio Martinez-Trujillo, McGill University

Christopher Pack, McGill University

Michael Petrides, McGill University

Partners and Donors

McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

Project Ongoing

Montreal functional brain imaging platform

  • Program Type

    Platform grants

  • Area of research

    Neurotechnology

  • Disease Area

    Other

  • Competition

    2014 Platform Grants

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2015

  • Total Grant Amount

    $277,500

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $138,750

Contact Us

1200 McGill College Avenue
Suite 1600, Montreal, Quebec
H3B 4G7

+1 (514) 989-2989 info@braincanada.ca

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