After talking with Dr. Linxia Gu at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Wang decided to check out the animal MRI scan at Chase Hall. After initial contact with Dr. Kevin Forrest at the Department of Biological Science, Dr. Wang went to a scan session on March 22, 2017. The undergraduate research assistant, Alex, was very carefully putting the mouse into the scanner after sedation. This was a great experience but the bore of the MRI scan is too small for rat. Thus, it is not suitable for scanning the rat. Dr. Gu wants to use her mechanical blast system to mimic combat blast onto the rat, then scan their brain in order to understand the mechanism of traumatic brain injury (TBI). We might need to collaborate with researchers in UNMC since they have a bigger MRI system for scanning rat.
The NL3 Wang Lab
Neuroimaging for Language, Literacy and Learning Lab
