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Rupali P Dhond, PhD
Instructor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Neuroscience at Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Radiology, MGH
Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Utah
Building 149, Room 2301
13th Street
Charlestown,, MA 02129
Phone: 617-724-3402
Fax:
Location: Bldg. 75
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK / BIOSKETCH
I am interested in mapping the neural substrates of somatosensory perception and understanding how somatosensory stimuli are combined with existing cognitive percepts. Currently, I am investigating how CAM techniques such as acupuncture modify brain activity. Although it is not widely accepted in western medicine, acupuncture has been used for centuries in Asia to treat a broad range of ailments including chronic pain. Unfortunately, the mechanisms by which acupuncture exerts its therapeutic effects are largely unknown. In collaboration with Vitaly Napadow and the PPG group, I will be using MEG and fMRI to determine the spatiotemporal pattern of brain activity supporting different types of acupuncture and determine they differ from sham treatment. I am also presently collaborating on studies mapping the semantic and phonological aspects of word encoding.
LINKS
http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~polly
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