The UCSF Neuroscience Imaging Center (NIC) is an MRI facility providing infrastructure, expertise, and support for researchers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Established in April 2007, the NIC is dedicated to brain imaging research, with a particular emphasis on functional MRI (fMRI). The centerpiece of the NIC is a state-of-the-art Siemens 3 Tesla TIM Trio scanner with head, neck and spine coils.

The NIC hosts an fMRI research meeting from 4-5:30pm the second Wednesday of every month in the Neurology Conference Room on the 8th floor of the Ambulatory Care Center (400 Parnassus), which is open to everyone.

Please contact Dr. Lara Stables if you'd like more information.

• Mythbusters (episode: Tablecloth Chaos -- Do humans really only use 10% of their brain?) 

• The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS):  Researchers Explore New Technologies, Treatments for Dementia Patients
(Highlights research conducted at the NIC by our collaborators, Drs. Bruce Miller and Adam Boxer, at the UCSF Memory and Aging Clinic)

• Quest (KQED): Decoding the Emotional Brain
(describes Dr. Howard Rosen's fMRI research on pseudobulbar affect)

• Apple Science (features the fMRI and EEG research of NIC director, Adam Gazzaley)