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Umeå center for Functional Brain Imaging

Umeå centre for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI) was established in October 2001. The overall purpose of UFBI is to support and develop brain-imaging work at Umeå University and the University Hospital of Northern Sweden (NUS). UFBI is primarily concerned with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), but ongoing multimodal studies combine different imaging techniques (e.g., fMRI BOLD imaging with SPECT dopamine imaging). Examples of ongoing activities include studies of training-related changes in functional networks, age-related changes of functional brain responses, studies of motor control, eye-movement recordings in combination with fMRI, and clinical imaging projects on stress, stroke, hydrocephalus, Parkinson's disease (NYPUM), and presurgical mapping.

UFBI is funded by Umeå University, Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation and the Swedish Science Council.

Swedish summary / sammanfattning på svenska

Umeå center for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI) etablerades i oktober 2001. UFBI driver och utvecklar hjärnavbildningsstudier vid Umeå Universitet och Norrlands Universitetssjukhus (NUS). Den främsta tekniken som används vid UFBI är funktionell MRI men multimodala studier som kombinerar olika avbildningstekniker (t ex fMRI BOLD avbildning med SPECT dopamin avbildning) förekommer också. Just nu pågår flera studier kopplade till UFBI. Några exempel är studier av träningsrelaterade förändringar i funktionella nätverk, åldersrelaterade förändringar i funktionell hjärnrespons, ögonrörelse registreringar i kombination med fMRI, studier av motorisk kontroll, samt kliniska avbildningsprojekt på patienter som lider av stress, stroke, hydrocephalus, och parkinson (NYPUM). Utöver detta pågår även studier i pre-kirurgisk kartläggning.

UFBI finansieras av Umeå universitet, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs stiftelse samt Svenska vetenskapsrådet (VR).

Photo: Elin Berge

3T scanners in Umeå. Philips (above) and General Electric (below)