Enigma is an acronym for Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta Analysis. ENIGMA has found 8 common gene mutations leading to brain age in over 30,000 brain scans that may some day unlock mysteries of Alzheimer’s, autism and other neurological disorders.
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University of Southern California (USC) has neuroscience undergraduate and graduate programs in addition to its USC Keck School of Medicine.
USC has numerous neuroscience related research centers and labs including: USC Imaging Genetics Center; LONI Laboratory of Neuro Imaging; Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute; USC Brain and Creativity Institute; USC Davis School of Gerontology; and USC Neurorestoration Center.
Offers three different undergraduate degrees in Neuroscience, plus a Minor. Please click on the links below to see details of the BS in Neuroscience, the BS in Computational Neuroscience, the BA in Neuroscience, and the Minor in Neuroscience.
Students and faculty in the USC Neuroscience Graduate Program come from a variety of academic backgrounds to study questions spanning the entire spectrum of modern neuroscience research. Key questions include:
how do molecules work together in time and space to build functioning nerve cells? how do individual neurons and their interconnections lead to the emergent properties of neural circuits? how do the information processing functions of neural circuits lead to complex behaviors, memories, emotions, and thought?Departing from the traditional focus on individual disciplines, USC Neuroscience is characterized by collaborative interactions between faculty and students who have undergraduate or graduate degrees in biology, engineering, ...
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Professor of Neurological Surgery and Neurology, Keck School of Medicine Director, USC Neurorestoration Center Surgical Director, USC Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Dr. Liu also serves as associate chief medical officer and chair of neurosurgery and spine at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Medical Center. Dr. Liu has had a long-standing collaboration with scientists at the California Institute of Technology where he is a visiting associate in the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering. His principal research interests relate to developing advanced treatment strategies for restoring function to the damaged nervous system through engineering and technology.
Keck Medicine webpage: keckmedicine.org/doctor/charles-yu-liu/
USC Neuroscience: brain2015.onair.cc/usc-neuroscience-educational-and-research-programs/
Phone: (800-872-2273)
Dr. Liu completed his undergraduate education in Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and went on to receive his PhD in Chemical/Biomedical Engineering at Rice University. He then attended the Yale University School of Medicine, receiving his MD degree. He trained in neurosurgery at the University of Southern California Affiliated Hospitals.
He is presently professor of neurosurgery and neurology and holds the Apuzzo Professorship for Advanced Neurosurgery. He is also Director of the USC Center for Neurorestoration, which functions to bring scientific advances in the laboratory and engineers new ...
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Dr. Shannon’s research has focused primarily on prosthetic electrical stimulation to restore hearing: cochlear implants, brainstem implants and midbrain implants. His research programs range from the biophysics and psychophysics of electrical stimulation of the auditory system, to speech pattern recognition and the design of signal processing for prosthetic devices.
Email: rshannon@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 764-2825)
Address: USC Otolaryngology 806 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007
I am interested in how auditory information is coded in the nervous system. My original research attempted to find common elements in physiological responses and perception of acoustic sound. Since 1977 my research has focused primarily on prosthetic electrical stimulation to restore hearing: cochlear implants, brainstem implants and midbrain implants. My research programs range from the biophysics and psychophysics of electrical stimulation of the auditory system, to speech pattern recognition and the design of signal processing for prosthetic devices. Research on auditory prostheses spans the fields of biomedical engineering, anatomy, physiology, psychophysics, perceptual object formation and pattern recognition. Artificial activation of a sensory system at different levels of processing can reveal the importance of various cues to auditory perception. ...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8vesksXErsVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Arthur Toga: 2013 Annual Symposium (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8vesksXErs)
Dr. Arthur Toga is Provost Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Radiology and Engineering at the University of Southern California, and serves as the inaugural Director of the USC Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics. He also holds an appointment in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. A leading authority on neuroimaging, informatics, mapping brain structure and function, and brain atlasing, Dr. Toga is the former Distinguished Professor of Neurology, University Professor, Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology, Associate Dean at the Geffen School of Medicine, and Co-Director of the UCLA Brain Mapping Center.
Published on October 3, 2013 by Allen Institute for Brain Science
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“Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness — that is a marvelous fact — but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self.”
Filmed March 2011 at TED 2011 Uploaded to YouTube on December 18, 2011 by TED
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