The primary goal of our Resource is the continued development and refinement of a multidimensional modeling environment in which the three spatial dimensions typically used in neuroimaging and brain mapping are extended to permit their examination within the framework of changing morphology. Our modeling framework extends the static measurement of the brain to the dynamic worlds of development, maturation, aging, and pathology.
The core research of the Resource will focus on four specific areas. These four core research projects form a well-integrated program to characterize, measure and model both static and dynamic patterns of structural and functional changes in brain. Our research program is centered on the fundamental recognition that anatomy is not static.