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SUMMARY:Brain Recovery and Neuroimaging
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Maurizio Corbetta\, Department of Neuroscience Universi
 ty of Padua\, Italy.\nDISTINGUISHED LECTURES in NEUROPROSTHETICS\n\nThe b
 rain remains one of the major frontiers in science. The main focus of our 
 research is to understand how different regions in the brain interact and 
 exchange information to mediate behavior in health and neurological disord
 ers. We are studying the functional organization of the brain\, and how t
 his organization supports cognitive function\, specifically attention. I a
 m also interested in understanding how lesions impact brain function.  We
  are working on elucidating mechanisms of neurological recovery at the le
 vel of large-scale brain systems. We hope that these studies will provide 
 a solid foundation for novel interventions.\n\nBio: \nProf. Maurizio Cor
 betta is the former Norman J. Stupp Professor of Neurology\, and Professo
 r of Radiology\, Anatomy and Neurobiology\, and Bioengineering at Washing
 ton University School of Medicine. From 2001-to 2016 he was the Chief of t
 he Division of Neuro-Rehabilitation\, and Director of Neurological Rehabil
 itation at Washington University.  As of October 1\, 2016 Dr. Corbetta 
 is Full Professor and Chair of Neurology in the Department of Neuroscience
  at the University of Padua\, Italy. He is also the founding director of 
 the new Padua Neuroscience Center\, a highly interdisciplinary research pr
 ogramme centered on the idea of brain networks in health and society. \n
 \nProf. Corbetta has pioneered experiments on the neural mechanisms of h
 uman attention using Positron Emission Tomography (PET). He has discovere
 d two brain networks dedicated to attention control\, the dorsal and ventr
 al attention networks\, and developed a brain model of attention that has
  been cited in the literature more than 5\,000 times. His clinical work ha
 s focused on the physiological correlates of focal injury. He has develop
 ed a pathogenetic model of the syndrome of hemispatial neglect. He is curr
 ently developing novel methods for studying the functional organization o
 f the brain using functional connectivity MRI\, magneto-encephalography (M
 EG)\, and electro-corticography (EcoG). He is also working on the effects
  of focal injuries on the network organization of brain systems with an e
 ye to neuromodulation. His research has been recognized with several awar
 ds including a Highly Cited Researchers by Thompson Reuter based on the to
 p 1% rate of citations in the last decade.
LOCATION:Campus Biotech H8 Auditorium http://cnp.epfl.ch/files/content/sit
 es/cnp/files/Seminars/PlanSallesCampusBiotechH8-01.pdf
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