Cortical microstructural asymmetry in the human brain: laminar differentiation, organization, and heritability

Lateralization is one of the key principles of human brain organization. With a background in neuroimaging analysis of brain inter-hemispheric differences, the applicant Bin Wan will conduct his project in a Canadian research group which focuses on multimodal neuroimaging data. The intern will help with data acquisition of 7 Tesla MRI data in healthy individuals and will gain the experience of state-of-art neuroimaging techniques. He will get access to and deal with three datasets the research group have worked with including Human Connectome Project (n=1000), MICA-MICs 3T (n=50), MICA-MICs 7T (n=20), BigBrain (n=1), and AHEAD (n=2). In turn, he will analyze the hemispheric asymmetry on cortical microstructure using multimodal data, and draft a scientific manuscript of the project, which is expected to be published jointly after the internship.

Faculty Supervisor:

Boris Bernhardt

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Partner:

Forschungszentrum Jülich (Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Medizin)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Artificial Intelligence

University:

McGill University

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