The Keilholz Mind lab (located on the Emory campus) studies functional connectivity mapping, based on correlations in the blood oxygenation dependent (BOLD) MRI signal. The exact relationship between these measures and the electrical signals of the brain is poorly understood, and the lab uses combined MRI and electrophysiological techniques in rodent models to elucidate the neural basis of functional connectivity. They plan to use these tools to build a multi-scale model of the brain capable of providing insight into the origin and relevance of functional networks observed with BOLD.
[July 2025] The MIND Lab meets in the Lullwater Preserve for a mid-summer picnic to celebrate all of the great work accomplished recently!
[July 2025] TJ presented a peer-reviewed abstract on altered functional connectivity in patients with Alzheimer's Disease in Copenhagen, Denmark at this year's EMBC meeting!
[June 2025] Some of the MIND Lab members attended OHBM 2025 in Brisbane, Australia this year. Lisa and Lauren co-organized a symposium that highlighted cutting-edge pre-clinical work, titled "Leveraging pre-clinical multi-modal approaches to understand the neural underpinnings of functional connectivity.”
[May 2025] Some of the MIND Lab members attended ISMRM 2025 in Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA this year, and Dr. Keilholz was officially inducted as a fellow of the society! Congratulations to Shella on a very well-deserved honor!
[April 2025] TJ successfully defends his PhD thesis "Exploration of Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Neurodegenerative Functional Brain Networks ". Congratulations Dr. LaGrow (a.k.a, the Buccaneer of Business and Brains)!