【CANCELLED】Brain/MINDS Seminar by Prof. David C Van Essen
開催日
2020年3月2日（月）16：00～17：00
開催場所
詳細
Title: Mapping Primate Cerebral Cortex: Structure, Function, Connectivity, Development, and Evolution
Abstract
Cerebral cortex is the dominant structure of the human brain and is largely responsible for what makes
us unique as a species and as individuals. This lecture will discuss how recent advances in noninvasive
imaging combined with invasive approaches in animal models are transforming our understanding of human
brain structure, function, connectivity, evolution, and development, and in health and disease. It will
include an overview of basic principles of cortical organization and connectivity from studies of
laboratory animals and analyses of individual variability in humans. It will highlight a new map
(‘parcellation’) of human cerebral cortex based on data from the Human Connectome Project. Comparisons
of cortical organization across species reveal valuable insights regarding what makes us uniquely human.
Bio.
David C. Van Essen is the Alumni Endowed Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at
Washington University in St Louis. He trained at Caltech and Harvard, and his research career has
focused on cerebral cortex of humans and nonhuman primates, He has served in many leadership positions,
including chair of the Anatomy and Neurobiology Department at Washington University, President of the
Society for Neuroscience, and founding chair of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. He has
received many awards for excellence in teaching and research and is a member of the National Academy of
Sciences.
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