About CNS
CNS Lab of the Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of Polish Academy of Sciences is an innovative and dynamically developing site of integrated structural and functional central nervous system research. CNS Lab of the Nalecz Institute equipped with the 3T MRI scanner (Discovery 750w by GE Healthcare) fully equipped for functional imaging (8/32 channels head coils, goggles, response pads, headphones, monitors, etc.) as well as 64-channel MRI-compatible EEG system (by Neuroscan) and custom made high-density NIRS device.
Our center is equippied with state-of-art hyperpolarizing instrument GE SpinLab. We are enthusiastic about this technology, which we have been already working on at Warsaw University of Technology and Mossakowski Research Center too. We would like to contribute to bring new hyperpolarized contrast agents into research and clinic.
The interdisciplinary team lead by Professor Piotr Bogorodzki at CNS Lab ensure accurate and detailed programming, including selection of most appropriate imaging sequences and best study protocols, and MRI data analysis methods.

Main research goals
Simultaneous MRI, NIRS and EEG acquisition
Quantitative BOLD and perfusion imaging
Single voxel spectroscopy with optional spectral editing (MEGA)
Spectroscopic imaging with a use of hyperpolarized agents
Quantitative structural MRI

5 representative publications of our team:
Bogorodzki P., Piątkowska-Janko E., Szaflik J. et al.: Mapping Cortical Thickness of the Patients with Unilateral End-Stage Open Angle Glaucoma on Planar Cerebral Cortex Maps, Plos One, vol. 9, nr 4, 2014, ss. 1-7, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0093682
Dębowska W, Wolak T, Nowicka A, Kozak A, Szwed M and Kossut M (2016). Functional and structural neuroplasticity induced by short-term tactile training based on Braille reading. Front. Neurosci. 10:460. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00460
Milej D, Janusek D, Gerega A, Wojtkiewicz S, Sawosz P, Treszczanowicz J, Weigl W, Liebert A. Optimization of the method for assessment of brain perfusion in humans using contrast-enhanced reflectometry: multidistance time-resolved measurements. J Biomed Opt. 2015.
Lewandowska M, Piatkowska-Janko E., Bogorodzki P. et al.: Changes in fMRI BOLD Response to Increasing and Decreasing Task Difficulty During Auditory Perception of Temporal Order, w: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Elsevier, vol. 94, 2010, ss. 382-391, DOI:10.1016/j.nlm.2010.08.005
Szatkowska I., Bogorodzki P., Wolak T.et al.: The effect of motivation on working memory: An fMRI and SEM study, w: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Elsevier, vol. 90, nr 2, 2008, ss. 475--478, DOI:10.1016/j.nlm.2008.06.001

Head of CNS Lab
Prof. Piotr Bogorodzki, D.Sc. Ph.D.