Resources

The Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory Clinical Translational Research Program benefits from shared resources through the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, the McKnight Brain Institute and other departments:

  • Clinical research assessment facility specialized in assessments relevant to cognition, memory and performance outcomes.
  • Human electrophysiology facilities including EEG, ERP, ECG, EMG, galvanic skin response, and an isolated and sound attenuated Faraday chamber.
  • Non-invasive brain stimulation facilities and equipment, including transcranial magnetic stimulation with MRI-guided neuronavigation, transcranial direct current stimulation (MRI compatible, high definition, and clinical trial blinded devices), transcranial alternating current stimulation, and transcranial random noise stimulation equipment.
  • Neuroimaging Center: Magnetic Resonance and PET imaging facilities at the University of Florida. A research dedicated 3T scanner is available in the McKnight Brain Institute for human studies, supported by a full time MR physicist, MR technologist, and research assistants.
  • Several MR scanners with larger magnets, including a 17T system for molecular imaging are available for basic neuroscience applications.
  • Structural, functional and physiological/metabolic neuroimaging (e.g., FMRI, DTI, ASL, MRS). Neuroimaging analysis laboratory containing multiple workstations and programs.
  • Biological specimen repository and laboratory for processing and analysis; brain bank.
  • Recruitment and retention facility and mechanisms for telephone screening area, a mass-mailing area, a transportation van and interview rooms for screening.
  • Behavioral and lifestyle modification intervention facility for implementing intervention studies that involve cognitive training, physical activity, diet, and behavioral counseling resources. This area includes a walking track, physical exercise devices, activity rooms and counseling meeting rooms.
  • Laboratory of epidemiology. The laboratory maintains electronic data sets of epidemiological studies, clinical trials and administrative databases involving older adults, which are available for data analyses by affiliated researchers.
  • CAM database, housing clinical, cognitive and behavioral, neuroimaging, and laboratory data.
  • Interdisciplinary cognitive aging and memory clinic which provides specialized consult care.
  • McKnight Brain Institute laboratories.
  • Affiliated faculty from multiple disciplines and departments, including neurology, psychiatry, neuropsychology, behavioral medicine, MR physics, computational neuroscience, biostatistics.