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Noam Harel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
612-625-8399
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Dr. Harel is an Assistant Professor in Radiology at the University of
Minnesota. After receiving his B.Sc. in biology from Tel Aviv
University, Israel, Dr. Harel moved to the University of Toronto,
Canada, where he received his MSc (1996) and PhD (2000) in Physiology
and Neuroscience for mapping auditory areas using optical imaging
technique. For his post doctoral training, Dr. Harel moved to the Center
for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR), University of Minnesota where he
worked on high resolution fMRI applications, negative BOLD and blood
volume signal specificity. In 2002, he moved to the University of
Pittsburgh as a research associate and soon after moved back to
Minnesota and joined CMRR as a faculty member.
Currently, Dr. Harel's research focuses on high-resolution,
high-specificity fMRI applications in humans and animal models.
Research Interests:
- High resolution mapping of brain activity using MR methods at ultra
high magnetic fields.
- Using multimodality approaches for investigating the relationship
between neuronal activity and hemodynamic changes.
- Utilizing high resolution MR and visualization techniques for imaging
the microvasculature in animal models.
Selected Publications:
Harel N, Lin J, Moeller S, Ugurbil K & Yacoub E. (2006)
Combined imaging-histological study of cortical laminar specificity of
fMRI signals. NeuroImage 29(3):879-87.
Harel N, Ugurbil K, Uludag K & Yacoub Y. (2006)
Frontiers of Brain Mapping Using MRI. J of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
23(6):945-957.
Yacoub E, Ugurbil K & Harel N. (2006) The Spatial
Dependence of the Post-Stimulus Undershoot as Revealed by High
Resolution BOLD and CBV Weighted fMRI. J Cereb Blood Flow and Metab
26(5):634-44.
Bolan PJ, Yacoub E, Garwood M, Ugurbil K & Harel N.
(2006) In Vivo Micro-MRI of Intracortical Neurovasculature. NeuroImage
32(1):62-9 - Cover.
Harel N, Lee S-L, Kim D-S, Nagaoka T & Kim S-G. (2002)
Origin of Negative Blood Oxygenation Level-Dependent fMRI Signals. J
Cereb Blood Flow and Metab 22:908-917.
Harrison RV, Harel N, Panesar J, Mount RJ. (2002) Blood
capillary distribution correlates with hemodynamic based functional
imaging in cerebral cortex. Cereb Cortex 12: 225-233 - Cover.
Harel N, Mori N, Sawada S, Mount RJ & Harrison RV.
(2000) Three distinct auditory areas of cortex (AI, AII, AAF) defined by
optical imaging of intrinsic signals. NeuroImage 11:4;302-312 - Cover.
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