THALAMIC NUCLEI WORKING GROUP
In addition to their increasing importance in cognition (as opposed to just a sensory relay), thalamic nuclei are increasingly implicated in a number of neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases like multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia etc.
However, current state-of-the-art methods for both visualization of thalamic nuclei and segmentation are still lagging behind. The purpose of this working group is to bring together a wide assortment of researchers to bring to bear on this challenging and critical problem of accurate and fast segmentation of thalamic nuclei as well as validation and application of these methods in basic neuroscience and clinical applications.
We are envisioning the eventual creation of three or four subgroups focusing on neuroanatomy, acquisition and image processing, basic neuroscience, and clinical applications.
A preliminary virtual symposium replete with plenary speakers and covering the subgroups above is planned for Jan 2022. More details here
However, current state-of-the-art methods for both visualization of thalamic nuclei and segmentation are still lagging behind. The purpose of this working group is to bring together a wide assortment of researchers to bring to bear on this challenging and critical problem of accurate and fast segmentation of thalamic nuclei as well as validation and application of these methods in basic neuroscience and clinical applications.
We are envisioning the eventual creation of three or four subgroups focusing on neuroanatomy, acquisition and image processing, basic neuroscience, and clinical applications.
A preliminary virtual symposium replete with plenary speakers and covering the subgroups above is planned for Jan 2022. More details here
EXEC COMMITTEE (as of 9/15/21)
Emmanuel Barbeau (CNRS)
Meritxell Bach Cuadra (U. Lausanne)
Bogdan Draganski (U. Lausanne)
Michael Hornberger (U. East Anglia)
Vinod Kumar (Max Planck, Tubingen)
Felician Olivier (Aix-Marseille Université)
Giulio Pergola (U. Bari)
Anne-Lise Pitel (U. Caen)
Jean-Philippe Ranjeva (Aix-Marseille Université)
Manoj Saranathan (U. Arizona)
Shail Segobin (U. Caen)
Thomas Tourdias (U. Bordeaux)
Arnaud le Troter (Aix-Marseille Université)