Event

NEURO Epilepsy Lecture Series: Dynamic tractography atlas of the human brain (virtual)

Thursday, October 27, 2022 16:00to17:00

The 2022-2023 Neuro Epilepsy Lecture Series will include eight lectures covering hot topics in basic and clinical epilepsy research. Speakers will include distinguished leaders and rising stars, with the goal of bridging basic research and clinical perspectives.

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Speaker: Eishi Asano

Departments of Pediatrics & Neurology, Wayne State University, USA

Department of Neurodiagnostics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, USA

Abstract: I will present the general principle and application of dynamic tractography, a technique to animate rapid neural propagations and network dynamics along MRI-defined, 3D white matter tracts across brain regions. Intracranial EEG measures allow us to estimate the propagation velocity, whereas diffusion-weighted imaging tractography localizes the anatomical pathways supporting given neural propagations. In our recent studies, we visualized interictal spike propagation from the epileptogenic zone and effective connectivity across language areas. We currently plan to generate the whole-brain level dynamic tractography atlases showing the pathological and physiological network dynamics common across the population.

*This event will be held virtually via Zoom

Eishi Asano

Dr. Eishi Asano is a Tenured Professor at Wayne State University and Medical Director of Neurodiagnostics at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, USA. He has played a central role in invasive presurgical evaluation for >700 patients ranging from neonates to adults and recently pioneered a brain mapping technique referred to as Dynamic Tractography. Dr. Asano has been the principal investigator of an NIH-funded grant project: Functional brain mapping in pediatric neurosurgery, since 2009.