27 May 2011 08:25

CAS to set up brain mapping center with UPenn

Shanghai. May 27. INTERFAX-CHINA - The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has agreed to set up a brain mapping research center with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the American university announced May 26.

According to the announcement, the facility will be named the CAS-Penn Center of Excellence in Brain Mapping, and will involve the CAS Institute of Biophysics. The location was not disclosed.

The center will carry out research on the use of neuroimaging in basic and cognitive neuroscience, and will work on the development of novel imaging technologies. It will also provide specialist training and conduct studies in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases.

- MS