Project Website http://www.pantazislab.org/
Despite significant advances in neuroscience over the recent years, the complexity of neural activity has defied efforts to formulate a comprehensive understanding of the human brain. Progress towards this goal has been hindered by technological and methodological constraints in accessing brain function, motivating recent efforts to develop and apply new technologies. A prominent barrier is the limitation of current non-invasive brain imaging technologies, which enable access to either high temporal information (MEG/EEG), high spatial information (fMRI), but not both simultaneously. However, the field is now transforming: multivariate pattern analysis tools are ubiquitous in fMRI and are becoming increasingly popular in MEG/EEG. The introduction of modern machine learning algorithms to decipher information from ongoing neuronal processes has drastically improved the quality of extracted neural signals. This is the central theme of our research, which focuses on novel methodology for discerning neural representations from MEG data, development of multimodal imaging techniques, and characterization of pathological function in neurological disorders.
Dimitrios Pantazis is the director of the MEG lab at MIT. The MEG lab is part of the Martinos Imaging Center at MIT, operates as a core facility, and is accessible to all members of the local research community.