BRaIN Imaging Center

About The BRaIN Center

The BRaIN Imaging Center is located in Pete and Nancy Domenici Hall of the University of New Mexico. BRaIN specializes on integrative neuroimaging of animal models of various neurological and psychiatric disorders, while MIND specializes on human neuroimaging. BRaIN is a unique neuroimaging facility in the world for advancing biomedical research.

BRaIN is a 11,000 ft2 research facility equipped with several core facilities:

Surgical core
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) core
EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) core
Optical core with 2-photon laser scanning microscope, a photodiode array, Differential Interference Contrast microscopy-based patch-clamp stations
Cellular and Molecular biology core

BRaIN is open to all scientists who are interested in using neuroimaging tools to discover the mechanisms of brain functions in both health and disease. We welcome foreign and domestic scientists to help us create an exciting international research environment.

Some of the diseases we are set to study

Stroke
Epilepsy
Traumatic brain injury - Neuronal cell death
Neuronal transplantation - Neuronal recovery – stem cell research
Parkinson
Cerebral palsy
Brain development