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The Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience cluster supports research focused on higher brain functions that underlie complex behavioral phenomena such as learning, memory, attention, language, cognition, emotion, movement, the wakefulness-sleep cycle, response to pain, and feeding. These phenomena depend on the integrated functioning of neural circuits and systems. Funded research involves human or animal subjects and employs advanced methods of neuroscience which are used to measure brain structure and function as well as neural activity associated with specific cognitive and behavioral processes.

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Requests for Application (RFA)
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  • Research on Causal Factors and Interventions that Promote and Support the Careers of Women in Biomedical and Behavioral Science and Engineering (R01)   [Summary]
    Application Receipt Date: October 22, 2008    Letter of Intent Date: September 22, 2008
    Announcement Number: RFA-GM-09-012
    Funding Contact: Linda Porter, Ph.D.    Program Area: Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience

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Additional Information


The Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience Cluster supports research in the following major programmatic areas:
  • Pain
  • Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Complex Neural Circuits, Networks, and Systems
  • Sensorimotor Integration, Motor Control and Learning
  • Adaptive and Rehabilitative Strategies for Sensory and Motor Recovery
  • Neuroendocrinology
  • Diabetes and Obesity

The mission of the Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience Cluster (SCN) is to:

  • Support and promote research on the neurobiology of higher cognitive functions and other complex behaviors

  • Cultivate a more comprehensive understanding of the neuronal circuits underlying cognition, motor, sleep, pain, and other system functions

  • Encourage new and improved innovative research approaches, including imaging, computational techniques, databases, and informatics.

To support its mission, SCN:

  • Encourages and supports research on higher brain functions that underlie complex behaviors such as learning, memory, language, cognition, emotion, movement, attention, regulation of the wakefulness-sleep cycle, food intake, regulation of body weight, pain and other sensory perceptions, and response to pain.

  • Provides grant opportunities in such fields as pain research and neuroinformatics

  • Supports study of brain structure and function, and neural activity associated with cognitive and behavioral processes in humans and experimental animals with non-invasive functional imaging methods such as PET (positron emission tomography), fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), simultaneous multi-electrode array in vivo electrophysiological recordings of brain and muscle activity, as well as combining imaging with EEG and MEG to improve temporal and spatial resolution for structural and functional analysis of the brain

  • Promotes and supports basic research on brain structure and function in sensorimotor integration, motor control and learning in normal and impaired conditions. Encourages efforts in translational research in developing adaptive and rehabilitative strategies for functional sensorimotor recovery in patients with motor or sensory impairment as a result of neurological disorders such as stroke sequalae.

  • Supports study of brain structure and function, and neural activity associated with cognitive and behavioral processes in humans with non-invasive functional imaging methods such as PET (positron emission tomography), fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), neuroinformatics, as well as combining imaging with EEG and MEG to improve temporal and spatial resolution for structural and functional analysis of the brain.

  • Promotes the identification of surrogate markers to detect early changes in brain structure and function, which may be crucial in developmental stages, disease processes, treatment outcome measures, neural substrate for recovery throughout the lifespan.

  • Initiates, plans and implements workshops to gather and disseminate knowledge in these domains, which will offer new insights and treatment approaches for cognitive or sensorimotor impairments as a result of neurological disorders.
Workshops and Summaries

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Personnel

Merrill Mitler, Ph.D.
Program Director, Extramural Research Program
mm777k@nih.gov

Linda Porter, Ph.D.
Program Director, Extramural Research Program
porterl@ninds.nih.gov

Daofen Chen, Ph.D.
Program Director, Extramural Research Program
dc342b@nih.gov

Debra Babcock, MD., Ph.D.
Program Director, Extramural Research Program
dbabcock@ninds.nih.gov

Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Extramural Research Program
ee48r@nih.gov

Janet He, Ph.D.
Program Analyst
yh74k@nih.gov


Address


Systems & Cognitive Neuroscience Cluster
Neuroscience Center
6001 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892-9523
Rockville, MD 20852-9523 (Courier Only)
Phone (301)496-9964
Fax (301)402-2060