Welcome to the NIF/UCNI Laboratory Website
The Neurophysiology Imaging FacilityA joint core facility sponsored by NIMH, NINDS and NEI. |  |
| The Neurophysiology Imaging Facility is a core facility providing anatomical and functional MRI scanning for researchers in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Eye Institute (NEI), and the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The 4.7 Tesla vertical Bruker magnet is one of a handful of scanners in the world dedicated to functional imaging in the alert primate brain. | |
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| Frank Ye, Ph.D. MR Physicist | Neal Phipps Veterinary Tech |
David Leopold, Ph.D. Director | James Yu Computer Specialist |
The Unit on Cognitive Neurophysiology and Imaging
Our visual impression of the world arises as the brain registers and interprets images falling on the retinae. In our lab, we are interested in the large-scale organization of brain activity related to the establishment and maintenance of a visual percept.
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- David A. Leopold, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
- Alexander Maier, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
- Melanie Wilke, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
- Michael C. Schmid, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
- Kai-Markus Mueller, Graduate Student
- Christopher Aura, Post-Bacc IRTA
- Katy Smith, Technical Assistant
| How do we see shapes, depth, and motion? |
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| How do we store and recognize complex images? |
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| And how can all this arise from activity in the brain? |
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