[CBIAnnounce] Meeting with Gaurav Patel this Friday

[Ed Vessel]

If you would be interested in meeting with Dr. Patel before or after his talk on Friday, please send me a note, along with your availability.

Thanks,
Ed


On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Ed Vessel <ed.vessel at nyu.edu> wrote:

> CBI Seminar: Gaurav Patel (Columbia University)
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> Friday, March 7
> 3pm - 4pm
> Meyer 815
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> Structural/Functional Relationships of Attention Networks
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> Disorders of selective attention are common in psychiatric disorders yet remain poorly understood.  In the human brain, selective attention is controlled by the interactions of frontoparietal areas comprising two networks--the dorsal and ventral attention networks.  Relatively little is still known about the anatomical connectivity between these areas and the relationship between the anatomy and functions of these networks.  The macaque is often used as a model system for the study of these structural/functional relationships.  However, the direct comparison of the attention systems of humans and monkeys with fMRI reveals a number of basic differences between the two species, including the lack of a ventral attention system.  These differences point to evolutionary changes between the two species in the attention networks as well as other frontoparietal networks, the very cortical networks often implicated in psychiatric disorders in humans.  While studying the macaque as a model system continues to be fruitful for understanding principles that govern structural/functional relationships, the study of these evolved cortical networks may instead be advanced by combining advanced neuroimaging techniques with single-subject surface analysis methods in humans.  Correlating structural/functional relationships with behavior on an individual basis may lead to more accurate targeting of treatments such as TMS, as well as a more clear understanding of the neural mechanisms of human selective attention.
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> Please mark your calendars for the following upcoming CBI talks:
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> Friday April 18, 3pm
> Meyer 815
> Rachel Denison (Postdoc with Heeger/Carrasco)
> Functional Mapping of the Magnocellular and Parvocellular Subdivisions of Human LGN
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> Ed Vessel
> Center for Brain Imaging
> New York University 
> ed.vessel at nyu.edu 
> 4 Washington Place, Rm. 156 
> New York, NY 10003
> http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~vessel 
> (212) 998-8217
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Ed Vessel
Center for Brain Imaging
New York University 
ed.vessel at nyu.edu 
4 Washington Place, Rm. 156 
New York, NY 10003
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~vessel 
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