{"id":2978,"date":"2014-02-17T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/14th-perl-unc-neuroscience-prize-awarded-to-dr-marcus-raichle\/"},"modified":"2018-07-26T16:06:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T20:06:10","slug":"14th-perl-unc-neuroscience-prize-awarded-to-dr-marcus-raichle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/14th-perl-unc-neuroscience-prize-awarded-to-dr-marcus-raichle\/","title":{"rendered":"14th Perl\/UNC Neuroscience Prize awarded to Dr. Marcus Raichle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. \u2013 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has awarded the 14th Perl-UNC Neuroscience prize to Dr. Marcus Raichle, MD of Washington University at St Louis School of Medicine for his discoveries related to to the \u201cdefault mode network\u201d of brain function.<\/p>\n

A prestigious award, the Perl Prize carries a $10,000 award and is given to recognize a seminal achievement in neuroscience. Past recipients have included four subsequent winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine.<\/p>\n

Raichle\u2019s research incorporates imaging methods that use the brain\u2019s blood flow to correlate the activity levels of different regions of the brain at rest. His method is now used in the Human Connectome Project, the large NIH-funded brain initiative that aims to create a comprehensive map of the major neuronal connections in the human brain.<\/p>\n

Raichle\u2019s methodology led to his discovery of a unique fronto-parietal network in the brain that has come to be known as the default network<\/em>. This network is now the focus of work on brain function in health and disease worldwide.<\/p>\n

As director of the UNC Neuroscience Center and chairman of the Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize committee, Dr. William Snider stated that Raichle \u201cdefinitely meets the standards\u201d required of recipients of the Perl Prize. He further declared that Raichle\u2019s default network \u201cis very important in conditions such as schizophrenia and especially Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Terry Magnuson, the Vice Dean for Research at the UNC School of Medicine presented Dr. Raichle with his award during a ceremony on February 20, 2014 at 3pm followed by a lecture by Dr. Raichle and a short reception.<\/p>\n

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