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. -------------------------- Publication of Yan 1． Yan CG, Gong GL, Wang JH, Wang DY, Liu DQ, Zhu CZ, Chen ZJ, Evans A, Zang YF, He Y (2011) Sex- and brain size-related small-world structural cortical networks in young adults: a DTI tractography study. Cerebral Cortex. 21: 449-458. 2． Wang ZQ**, Yan CG**, Zhao C, Qi ZG, Zhou WD, Lu J, He Y, Li KC (2011) Spatial patterns of intrinsic brain activity in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: A resting-state functional MRI study. Human Brain Mapping. In Press. 3． Kang J, Wang L, Yan CG, Wang JH, Liang X, He Y (2011) Characterizing dynamic functional connectivity in the resting brain using variable parameter regression and Kalman filtering approaches. Neuroimage. In Press. 4． Tian LX, Wang JH, Yan CG, He Y (2011) Hemisphere- and gender-related differences in small-world brain networks: a resting-state functional MRI Study. Neuroimage. 54: 191-202. 5． Zhang TJ, Wang JH, Yang YC, Wu QZ, Li B, Chen L, Yue Q, Tang HH, Yan CG, Lui S, Huang XQ, Chan RCK, Zang YF, He Y, Gong QY (2011) Abnormal small-world architecture of top-down control networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 36: 23-31. 6． Yan CG* and Zang YF* (2010) DPARSF: a MATLAB toolbox for "pipeline" data analysis of resting-state fMRI. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 4(13). 7． Liu DQ, Yan CG, Ren JJ, Yao L, Kiviniemi VJ and Zang YF (2010) Using coherence to measure regional homogeneity of resting-state fMRI signal. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 4(24). 8． Yan CG, Liu DQ, He Y, Zou QH, Zhu CZ, Zuo XN, Long XY, Zang YF (2009) Spontaneous brain activity in the default mode network is sensitive to different resting-state conditions with limited cognitive load. PLoS ONE. 4(5): e5743. 9． He Y, Wang JH, Wang L, Chen ZJ, Yan CG, Yang H, Tang HH, Zhu CZ, Gong QY, Zang YF, Evans AC (2009) Uncovering intrinsic modular organization of spontaneous brain activity in humans. PLoS ONE. 4(4): e5226. 10． Zou QH, Long XY, Zuo XN, Yan CG, Zhu CZ, Yang YH, Liu DQ, He Y, Zang YF (2009). Functional connectivity between the thalamus and visual cortex under eyes closed and eyes open conditions: A resting-state fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping. 30: 3066-3078. 11． Zhu CZ, Zang YF, Cao QJ, Yan CG, He Y, Jiang TZ, Sui MQ, Wang YF (2008). Fisher discriminative analysis of resting-state brain function for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Neuroimage. 40:110-20. (*Corresponding author **Shared first authorship)