Who are we?
The Neural Systems Group (NSG) is an interdisciplinary group within the Department of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS), and is affiliated with the MGH/HST Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. The NSG is currently an umbrella for the Psychiatric and Cognitive Optical Neuroimaging Lab (Director: Dr. Strangman), and the NSG Biomedical Engineering Lab (Director: Dr. Zhang). NSG members are also affiliated with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) and the Center for Space Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
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Neural Systems Group
Massachusetts General Hospital 149 13th St - Psychiatry - Rm 2651 Charlestown, MA 02129 Phone: 617-724-5550 Fax: 617-726-4078 Lat. / Long.: 42.3775033,-71.0522082 |
NSG Mission
The Neural Systems Group (NSG) is an inderdisciplinary group within the Department of Psychiatry at the Massachsetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The group's mission is to further research, training, and clinical education in basic, applied and computational neuroscience.
NSG History
The Neural Systems Group was founded in 1995 by Dr. Jeffrey P. Sutton, MD, PhD. From its inception, the main research focus has been to investigate patterns of neuronal activation induced by changes in functional state of patients or experimental subjects, and how these patterns evolve over time. Sleep-related state changes were an early topic of interest, resulting in the development of a method for simultaneous fMRI and EEG recordings. The development of neuronally inspired computational tools for activation pattern discovery was and remains of interest.
In 2002, Dr. Sutton departed the NSG to head up the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). Following Dr. Sutton's departure, Dr. Gary Strangman took the lead role in the group. Since then, the NSG has added diffuse optical imaging (also known as near-infrared spectroscopy and/or imaging) to its brain imaging toolbox, and continues to address research questions in both basic and applied neuroscience, as well as computational approaches to data analysis and discovery. A major focus over the past several years has been the development and validation of mobile neuroimaging techniques for brain monitoring in more naturalistic, operational and/or clinical settings.
Trainees have been and continue to be a very important part of the NSG family. Inquiries are always welcome.
In 2002, Dr. Sutton departed the NSG to head up the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). Following Dr. Sutton's departure, Dr. Gary Strangman took the lead role in the group. Since then, the NSG has added diffuse optical imaging (also known as near-infrared spectroscopy and/or imaging) to its brain imaging toolbox, and continues to address research questions in both basic and applied neuroscience, as well as computational approaches to data analysis and discovery. A major focus over the past several years has been the development and validation of mobile neuroimaging techniques for brain monitoring in more naturalistic, operational and/or clinical settings.
Trainees have been and continue to be a very important part of the NSG family. Inquiries are always welcome.
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About our Logo |
For those that want to know everything ... our logo is an abstract brain outline overlying an abstract attractor. The former of course represents our main research focus, whereas the latter represents our interest in attractor neural network approaches in computational neuroscience.