NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Building on the long-standing work on neuroreceptor and protein imaging, the neuroimaging research investigates pathology-specific mechanisms of CNS disorders (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, movement disorders, psychiatric diseases) combined with mapping neuroreceptor systems and their specific contributions to behaviour in healthy subjects. Moreover, our neuroscience research also aims to understand the role of specific neurotransmitter systems and neural circuits in governing affective and cognitive functions.
This work also includes development of novel, effective means for functional neurotransmission studies based on quantifying neurotransmitter release, as well as development of novel brain-targeted tracers especially for epigenetic imaging, synaptic density imaging, and imaging of neuroinflammation. Large-scale neuroinformatics platform for integrating brain imaging data across modalities (PET and MRI) and with other medical, biological, and psychological data is also being developed.
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