CoE in Systems Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Research

The Centre of Excellence in Systems Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Research is developing new brain imaging methods with the goal to provide more in-depth understanding of the functions of the human brain at the systems level. Researchers at the CoE study brain functions and their disorders in both adults and children. The research spans a broad range of issues from sensory systems, cognition, emotion and language to social interaction. The CoE is also developing clinical applications that facilitate e.g. rehabilitation of stroke and brain tumour patients. The basic research carried out at the CoE helps to understand the brain basis of reading disorders (dyslexia), eating disorders, and chronic pain. The CoE comprises three research teams: the Brain Research Unit of the Low Temperature Laboratory at the HUT, the Advanced Magnetic Imaging Centre at the HUT, and the Neuroscience Unit of the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Helsinki.