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Lead
Yaakov Stern
With
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
The basic approach to measuring the brain activity associated with a given cognitive process (or processes) is as follows: It is known that increases in brain neuronal activity are associated with local increases in energy metabolism. Under normal circumstances, increases in brain metabolism lead to local changes in blood oxygenation in venules and larger veins. This change in blood oxygenation can be detected imaging methods which are sensitive to the differences in magnetic state between oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin.
The ultimate benefit of this research is to better understand how changes in both performance and the brain organization underlying that performance are affected by aging.
Age
20–70
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Aged 20-30 or 60-70
Residing near Columbia University Medical Center
Must be willing and able to participate
You may not be if
Have a contraindication to PET (e.g, metallic implants, pacemaker, claustrophobia, or cannot lie flat for one hour)
Pregnancy
Lactating Women
Current, past, or anticipated exposure to radiation
