Observing the Human Brain in Action
The Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC) is a vibrant neuroimaging research hub at the University of Maryland, College Park. Housed in a spacious facility in the Gudelsky Building, adjacent to the main College Park campus, the center has been designed to foster collaboration among neuroscientists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, engineers, and physicists. A special focus of the center is on understanding mechanisms of brain development and neural plasticity in typical and atypical populations, and in understanding the neural mechanisms underlying expert abilities that serve critical national priorities. The MNC is available to researchers from the University of Maryland and other regional centers.
MNC houses a state of the art research-dedicated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner, ideal for mapping brain structures and the location of brain activity.
UMD Researchers Receive Grants under New Federal BRAIN Initiative
A University of Maryland-led team of brain researchers and a UMD engineer have received grants that are part of a research initiative by President Obama focused on revolutionizing understanding of the human brain. A University of Maryland/National Institute of Mental...
Brain-behavior initiative workshop draws 160 faculty, deans and administrators for wide-ranging discussions
More than 160 faculty from at least 50 disciplines at the University of Maryland met together in College Park on Sept. 19 for a full-day Brain-Behavior Initiative Workshop, organized by the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program and the Institute for Systems...
Dr. Riggins and Dr. Redcay Receive NIH R01 Award
Professors Tracy Riggins and Elizabeth Redcay, both of the Developmental Area, were recently awarded an R01 from NIH/ NICHD. The title of the project is “Hippocampal-memory Network Development and Episodic Memory in Early Childhood."
Dr. Shackman Publishes Paper
Evolutionarily-conserved prefrontal-amygdalar dysfunction in early-life anxiety A new fMRI paper from the Dr. Shackman's lab was just accepted for publication at Molecular Psychiatry (2012 Impact Factor 14.897; #1/135 Psychiatry). In the report, Shackman and...
Julie McCarthy Wins NRSA
Congratulations to Julie McCarthy for having her National Research Service Award (NRSA) funded by NIMH. This project, “Individual Difference in Social Affiliation,” uses fMRI to explore neural mechanisms associated with social withdrawal and social anhedonia in...
Pessoa Named First Director of the Maryland Neuroimaging Center
COLLEGE PARK, Md - The University of Maryland has named Luiz Pessoa, Ph.D., a professor of Psychology in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, as the first Director for the new Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC). Dr. Pessoa will provide scientific...