The BRaIN Imaging Center is located in Pete and Nancy Domenici Hall of the University of New Mexico along with the MIND (Mental Illness and Neuroscience Discovery) Institute. BRaIN specializes on integrative neuroimaging of animal models of various neurological and psychiatric disorders, while MIND specializes on human neuroimaging. Together, MIND and BRaIN form a unique neuroimaging facility in the world for advancing biomedical research.
 

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

1. Surgical core
2. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) core
3. EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) core
4. optical core with 2-photon laser scanning microscope, a photodiode array, Differential Interference Contrast microscopy-based patch-clamp stations
5. MEG (magnetoencephalography) and EEG (electroencephalography) core
6. 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.

Stroke

Epilepsy

Traumatic brain injury - Neuronal cell death

Neuronal transplantation - Neuronal recovery – stem cell research

Parkinson

Cerebral palsy

Brain development
Are just some of the diseases we are set up to study.

 

The MIND Institute is a 43,000 square foot research facility with a whole-head 275-channel MEG, a 128-channel EEG, 1.5T MRI, and 3T MRI