PhD thesis defense

Welcome to the PhD thesis defense of two PhD candidates

8:30, April 12, 3rd floor meeting room, MRI center, State Key Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, BNU

1. Miss Qihong Zou. Resting-State Functional magnetic Resonance Imaging---Based on BOLD and ASL Techniques.
2. Mr. Chaogan Yan. The spontaneous brain activity: resting-state fMRI network studies.

Please see the attached for abstracts.

Publications of Zou:

Cao, Q., Zang, Y., Sun, L., Sui, M., Long, X., Zou, Q., Wang, Y., 2006. Abnormal neural activity in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Neuroreport 17, 1033-1036.

Long, X.Y., Zuo, X.N., Kiviniemi, V., Yang, Y., Zou, Q.H., Zhu, C.Z., Jiang, T.Z., Yang, H., Gong, Q.Y., Wang, L., Li, K.C., Xie, S., Zang, Y.F., 2008. Default mode network as revealed with multiple methods for resting-state functional MRI analysis. J Neurosci Methods 171, 349-355.

Shin, W., Geng, X., Gu, H., Zhan, W., Zou, Q., Yang, Y., 2010. Automated brain tissue segmentation based on fractional signal mapping from inversion recovery Look-Locker acquisition. Neuroimage 52, 1347-1354.

Yan, C., Liu, D., He, Y., Zou, Q., Zhu, C., Zuo, X., Long, X., Zang, Y., 2009. Spontaneous brain activity in the default mode network is sensitive to different resting-state conditions with limited cognitive load. PLoS One 4, e5743.

Zou, Q., Long, X., Zuo, X., Yan, C., Zhu, C., Yang, Y., Liu, D., He, Y., Zang, Y., 2009a. Functional connectivity between the thalamus and visual cortex under eyes closed and eyes open conditions: a resting-state fMRI study. Hum Brain Mapp 30, 3066-3078.

Zou, Q., Wu, C.W., Stein, E.A., Zang, Y., Yang, Y., 2009b. Static and dynamic characteristics of cerebral blood flow during the resting state. Neuroimage 48, 515-524.

Zou, Q.H., Zhu, C.Z., Yang, Y., Zuo, X.N., Long, X.Y., Cao, Q.J., Wang, Y.F., Zang, Y.F., 2008. An improved approach to detection of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) for resting-state fMRI: fractional ALFF. J Neurosci Methods 172, 137-141.