Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science
Facilities
Carney facilities provide sophisticated shared research equipment and expertise to support a wide range of research questions.
Facilities
Carney facilities provide sophisticated shared research equipment and expertise to support a wide range of research questions.
In collaboration with world experts from Sweden, Brown University established a fluid biomarkers laboratory to accelerate the development of promising blood tests to improve early diagnosis and testing of new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
The Brown University MRI Research Facility (MRF), provides infrastructure and support to facilitate research and educational activities using magnetic resonance imaging technology. The centerpiece of the facility is a state-of-the-art Siemens 3 Tesla PRISMA scanner, equipped with 64 receiver channels for significant gains in signal-to-noise ratio and acquisition speed.
The Carney Institute for Brain Science houses several different spaces for research with human participants, collectively known as the Carney Human Testing Space (Carney “HuTS”).
The RBPC is overseen by the Carney Institute for Brain Science and directed by Dr. Arturo Andrade, who has more than 10 years of experience in rodent behavioral testing. RBPC occupies a 1083 sq ft workroom and offers a wide variety of behavioral assays.