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Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s Cyclotron Unit at Hammersmith Hospital, London, in 1979, under Professor Terry Jones, who had just installed one of Britain’s first Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners.
Professor Frackowiak has always worked in brain imaging and his particular focus has been on determing how the normal brain functions, and how individuals’ activities and environments collaborate to shape their brains. In 1995, as Professor of Cognitive Neurology at UCL’s Institute of Neurology, he established the Functional Imaging Laboratory (now the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging), developing new techniques for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In a now famous study, Professor Frackowiak and his team showed that in London taxi drivers, there was a connection between an area of the brain – the hippocampus – and their highly developed spatial and navigation skills. The hippocampus had enlarged as a result of navigational experience.
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01. Schooldays in London from 2009-06-24T10:45:44
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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01. Schooldays in London from 2009-06-24T10:45:44
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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09. MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) - a new Imaging Centre, Queen Square, 1995 from 2009-02-24T10:39:33
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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08. PET - Statitistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) from 2009-02-24T10:38:53
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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07. PET - normal brain function and the concept of redundancy networks from 2009-02-24T10:38:10
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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Alzheimer’s Disease – devising techniques for detecting early disease from 2009-02-24T09:30:22
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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10. BOLD (Blood Oxygen Level Dependent) MRI – a new non-invasive imaging technique from 2009-02-24T09:29:16
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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20. Recovery from Stroke – how the brain remodels itself from 2009-02-23T12:20:59
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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19. Recovery from Stroke – experiments on imagining and executing movements from 2009-02-23T12:20:34
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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18. Recovery from Stroke – two important discoveries from 2009-02-23T12:19:45
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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16. Alzheimer’s Disease – technique for screening potential drug treatments from 2009-02-23T12:19:19
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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15. Alzheimer’s Disease – another clue from schizophrenia from 2009-02-23T12:19:03
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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14. Alzheimer’s Disease – early detection: a clue from Huntington’s disease from 2009-02-23T12:18:48
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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13. Alzheimer’s Disease – delivery of oxygen to the brain from 2009-02-23T12:18:29
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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05. PET – pioneers in the field from 2009-02-23T12:17:04
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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04. PET (positron emission tomography) – devising methods for visualising brain from 2009-02-23T12:16:52
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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03. Hammersmith Hospital and a meeting with Professor Terry Jones, 1979 from 2009-02-23T11:29:02
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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12. The secret of a great laboratory from 2009-02-19T14:13:26
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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11. Bringing together brain structure and function from 2009-02-19T13:59:29
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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06. Recruiting a team at the MRC Cyclotron Unit from 2009-02-19T12:35:22
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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02. Early influences and Cambridge University from 2009-02-19T12:19:53
Professor Richard Frackowiak was born in London and studied medicine at the University of Cambridge where he first became interested in the neurosciences. He joined the Medical Research Council’s C...
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