Brain Imaging Research Center
Founded in 2009 as a brain imaging technology center of excellence, the UAMS BIRC is an integral neuroimaging research resource within the new Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI). Our primary aim is to explore the neuroscience of human behavior in healthy and patient populations. The BIRC (3764 sq ft) consists of three contiguous functional spaces on the ground floor of the PRI. An 838 sq ft public space houses a receptionist area, waiting room, rest rooms, clinical reading room, store room, and janitor's facilities. The 1231 sq ft scanner space houses a scanner room, control room, equipment room, and a changing room. The 997 sq ft Image Processing and Analysis Lab (IPAL) houses provides cutting-edge multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data processing and analysis.Stimulus delivery and response recording
- Visual stimulus delivery: Eiki 4200 Lumens Projector with long-throw lens, back projected upon a transclusent screen.
- Philips noise-cancelling earphones with audio presentation and user microphone.
- Current Designs MRI-compatible 8 button bimanual curved response pads. www.curdes.com
Presentation software
- Presentation v14.4 experimental software: www.neurobs.com
- E-Prime v1.1 experimental software: www.pstnet.com
- VisionEgg experimental software: www.visionegg.com
Analysis software
- Matlab v. R2010a, on server. www.mathworks.com
- AFNI (Analysis of Functional Neuroimages), on server. www.afni.nimh.gov
- SPM v8.0 (Statistical Parametric Mapping), on server. www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/
- SAS v9.2 for Windows. www.sas.com