{"id":5,"date":"2016-07-21T09:52:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T13:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/brainlab\/human-systems-neuroscience-laboratory\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:55:56","slug":"human-systems-neuroscience-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/brainlab\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Lab Overview<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our research focuses on the study of the organization and dynamics of cortical brain circuits, and their disruption in disease. We use experimental and theoretical (computational) approaches to study molecular, synaptic, cellular interactions and interareal network connectivity, as the basis of cognitive and emotional processing for flexible attention and goal-oriented behavior. We combine neuropathology, molecular biology, imaging, machine learning, computational neural networks, and artificial intelligence with the aim to identify biomarkers and fundamental mechanisms underlying brain circuit and network disruptions in mental and neurological disorders, including autism, schizophrenia, depression, attention, mood, and anxiety disorders, as well as neurodegenerative disorders, like Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Alzheimer\u2019s, and Parkinson\u2019s diseases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container home-page autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-418\" data-slideshow-name=\"home-page\" data-slideshow-delay=\"3000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-418\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-418_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container 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class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-418\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-9\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-10\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>10<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-11\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>11<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-12\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>12<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-13\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>13<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-14\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>14<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-15\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>15<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/brainlab\/files\/2016\/09\/BZ.jpg\" alt=\"BZ\" width=\"177\" height=\"249\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><em><strong>Lab Director and Principal Investigator: <\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><em>Prof. <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bu.edu\/zikopoul\/\" title=\"Basilis Zikopoulos\">Basilis Zikopoulos<\/a>\u00a0 (Vasileios Zikopoulos, \u0392\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u0396\u03b7\u03ba\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:zikopoul@bu.edu\">zikopoul@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Our lab is\u00a0affiliated with several interdisciplinary neuroscience initiatives centered at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/\">Boston University<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neuro\/\" title=\"GPN\">Graduate Program for Neuroscience (GPN)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csn\/\">Center for Systems Neuroscience (CSN)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Graduate Program in Human Physiology (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/academics\/departments-programs\/health-sciences\/master-of-science-in-human-physiology\/\">MS <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/academics\/departments-programs\/health-sciences\/doctor-of-philosophy-phd-in-human-physiology\/\">PhD<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/anatneuro\/\">Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology<\/a>, Boston University School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Collaborators<\/h4>\n<p>Helen Barbas, PhD,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neural\/\" title=\"Neural Systems Lab\">Neural Systems Lab<\/a>, Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Arash Yazdanbakhsh, MD, PhD, <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/yazdan\/\">Computational Neuroscience &amp; Vision Lab<\/a>, Boston University<\/p>\n<p><span>Sabina Berretta, MD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcleanhospital.org\/profile\/sabina-berretta\">Translational Neuroscience Laboratory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcleanhospital.org\/research\/brain-bank\">Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center<\/a>, McLean Hospital, Harvard University<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Miguel \u00c1ngel Garc\u00eda Cabezas, MD, PhD, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahnfmed.uam.es\/profesores-master\/miguel-angel-garcia.html\">Department of Anatomy, Histology &amp; Neuroscience<\/a>,\u00a0Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Neurocytology Algorithm<\/h4>\n<p>Learn how to distinguish neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia and endothelial cells in the cerebral cortex. Follow our <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/brainlab\/neurocytology-test\/\" title=\"Neurocytology Test\"><em><strong>ALGORITHM<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>and take the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/brainlab\/neurocytology-test\/\" title=\"Neurocytology Test\"><em><strong>NEUROCYTOLOGY TEST<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lab Overview Our research focuses on the study of the organization and dynamics of cortical brain circuits, and their disruption in disease. We use experimental and theoretical (computational) approaches to study molecular, synaptic, cellular interactions and interareal network connectivity, as the basis of cognitive and emotional processing for flexible attention and goal-oriented behavior. 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