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Support Unit for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Kang CHENG
Unit Leader
Kang CHENG (Ph.D.)
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Equipped with a 4-Tesla MRI system, this unit supports non-invasive functional MRI (fMRI) studies on human subjects conducted by laboratories within BSI. The subjects participated in fMRI studies are limited to healthy adults of 20 years and older. Each experiment is conducted within 2 hours, including the preparation time. In order to use the MRI system, the head of laboratory intending to use the MRI facility should submit the experimental proposal and obtain the permission in advance from the RIKEN fMRI Safety and Ethics Committee.

Research Subject

  1. This unit supports non-invasive functional MRI (fMRI) studies on human subjects conducted by laboratories within BSI

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List of Selected Publications

  1. Cheng, K., Waggoner R.A., Tanaka, K.
    "Human ocular dominance columns as revealed by high-field functional magnetic resonance imaging"
    Neuron 32 (2), 359-374 (2001)
  2. Moradi, F., Liu, L.C., Cheng, K., Waggoner, R.A., Tanaka, K., Ioannides, A.A.
    "Consistent and precise localization of brain activity in human primary visual cortex by MEG and fMRI"
    Neuroimage 18(3), 595-609 (2003)
  3. Gardner, J.L., Sun, P., Waggoner, R.A., Ueno, K., Tanaka, K., Cheng, K.
    "Contrast adaptation and representation in human early visual cortex"
    Neuron 47(4), 607-620 (2005)
  4. Sun, P., Ueno, K., Waggoner, R.A., Gardner, J.L., Tanaka, K., Cheng, K.
    "A temporal frequency-dependent functional architecture in human V1 revealed by high-resolution fMRI"
    Nature Neuroscience 10(11), 1404-1406 (2007)
  5. Corradi-Dell'Acqua, C., Ueno, K., Ogawa, A., Cheng, K., Rumiati, R.I., Iriki, A.
    "Effects of shifting perspective of the self: an fMRI study"
    Neuroimage, 40(4), 1902-1911 (2008)
  6. Costagli, M., Waggoner, R.A., Ueno, K., Tanaka, K., Cheng, K.
    "Correction of 3D rigid body motion in fMRI time series by independent estimation of rotational and translational effects in k-space"
    NeuroImage, 45(3), 749-757 (2009)
  7. Quallo, M.M., Price, C.J., Ueno, K., Asamizuya, T., Cheng, K., Lemon, R.N., Iriki, A.
    "Gray and white matter changes associated with tool-use learning in macaque monkeys"
    The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(43), 18379-18384 (2009)
  8. Ogawa, A., Yamazaki, Y., Ueno, K., Cheng, K., Iriki, A.
    "Neural correlates of species-typical illogical cognitive bias in human inference"
    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22(9), 2120-2130 (2009)
  9. Tajima, S., Watanabe, M., Imai, C., Ueno, K., Asamizuya, T., Sun, P., Tanaka, K., Cheng, K.
    "Opposing effects of contextual surround in human early visual cortex revealed by fMRI with continuously modulated visual stimuli"
    The Journal of Neuroscience, 30(9), 3264-3270 (2010)
  10. Wan, X., Nakatani, H., Ueno, K., Asamizuya, T., Cheng, K., Tanaka, K.
    "The neural basis of intuitive best next-move generation in board game experts"
    Science, 331, 341-346 (2011)
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