Neuroimaging Labs (LNiF)

The LNiF is committed to developing new techniques for imaging human brain and to applying these techniques toward a more comprehensive understanding and better care of the human mind and body. This involves the development and continued improvement of new hardware, software and procedures for data acquisition, visualization and statistical analysis, and the application of these advancements to medically relevant investigation (with CeRiN).

To learn more about the LNiF, browse through the pages devoted to Scientific Research to learn about the area covered by our studies. For further information regarding the various groups in which LNiF is composed see People.

Laboratories

MR Lab: The main goals of the MRI lab are to support to users for standard and multimodal imaging research applications, the development of data acquisition methods that improve accuracy and sensibility, and the maintenance and monitoring of the lab for its safe and efficient use.

MEG Lab / EEG Lab: At the LNIF lab at Mattarello a 306 channel MEG system is available. The system allows for simultaneous recording of MEG and EEG at upto128 electrodes. The lab is equipped with visual, auditory, tactile and electrical stimulators allowing for a wide range of neuroscientific studies. Also an eye-tracking system is available to measure eye-positions concurrently. The MEG-system can be used in sitting and supine position. Coregistration with anatomical and functional imaging results from MRI and TMS is possible.

TMS Lab: At the TMS lab, we are learning about normal brain function in areas such as motor control, language, social cognition and emotion, vision and memory. The TMS lab is also engaged in the possibility of therapeutic application of TMS in clinical setting and in the use of TMS in combination with other methodologies, in particular fMRI.

Behavioural and Eyetracking Lab: Research in the Behavioural and Eye Tracking Lab includes the investigation of eye movements in the absence of central vision, saccadic remapping, visual field asymmetries and studies on visual attention.

Computational analysis group (Neuroinformatics Lab - NiLab): The scientific research activity will cover mostly the design and the development of novel models for the integration, the analysis, and the interpretation of unimodal and multimodal brain-imaging data. A byproduct of the research activity will be the development of a series of software instruments providing a competitive advantage in the cognitive neuroscience community.

Web resources

The functional neuroimaging labs in Mattarello make use of an internalwiki with technical-administrative information and to support research.The wiki allows all researchers that access the labs to exchangeinformation and materials. Your university web password is all you needin order to access the wiki. 

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