Nikos Logothetis

Nikos Logothetis (* 1950 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Greek biologist and neuroscientist.

Logothetis is the Director of the Department of Physiology of Cognitive Processes (Eng. " Physiology of Cognitive Processes ") of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen. He studied mathematics and music in Athens and Munich doctorate in biology at Ernst Poppel. His research interests lie in the study of the neural mechanisms of visual perception.

After Logothetis ' belief is the understanding of a system description at all levels necessary so that in his department intracortical cell recordings in addition to modeling and imaging operated at all levels ( see also Imaging method (medicine) ). So is operated alongside functional magnetic resonance imaging and in vivo spectroscopy, and the group is studying Kontrastagentien intelligent (smart contrast agents (SCA ) ) to make functional imaging for other effects than the hemodynamic response available.

Logothetis made ​​significant discoveries about the link of " blood oxygen level dependent ( BOLD ) " contrast with the activity of the brain on neurons level. These findings are essential for a correct interpretation of the measurements with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI ).

Awards

  • 2003: Louis- Jeantet Prize
  • 2004: Zülch Price
  • 2007: Neuronal Plasticity Prize

Publications

  • Logothetis, NK & Sheinberg, DL: Visual object recognition. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 19 (1996) 577-621
  • Randolph Blake & Nikos K. Logothetis: Visual competition. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3 (2001) 1-11
  • Logothetis NK, Pauls J, Augath M, Trinath T, Oeltermann A: Neurophysiological investigation of the basis of the fMRI signal. Nature 412 (2001) 150-157
  • On the neural basis of the BOLD fMRI signal. Philos. Trans R. Soc. London Ser. B. 357 (2002) 1003-1037
  • The underpinnings of the BOLD functional magnetic resonance imaging signal. J. Neurosci. 23 (2003) 3963-3971
  • Nikos K. Logothetis & Pfeuffer Josef: On the nature of the BOLD fMRI contrast mechanism. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 22 (2004) 1517-1531
  • Nikos K. Logothetis & Brian A. Wandell: Interpreting the BOLD signal. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 66 (2004) 735-769
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