Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation (CNBS)
Optimizing and applying noninvasive brain stimulation to health care and research

Faculty

Dae-Shik Kim, PhD
Collaborating Investigator

I received undergraduate training in both cognitive psychology and computer science in , obtaining a MA and PhD in neurophysiology from the Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt (PhD in 1994), . Following postdoctoral fellowships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN, Japan), I became a Research Instructor at Georgetown University Medical Center, Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences, Washington D.C. Subsequently, I was appointed to the rank of an Assistant Professor at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research of the University of Minnesota (Departments of Radiology and Neuroscience). In 2003, I was appointed to the rank of an Associate Professor at the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology of the Boston University School of Medicine. In addition, I serves as the Director of the Center for Biomedical Imaging at Boston University .

Research Interests / Research Focus

I have a variety of research interests including: a) mapping the development and plasticity of the columnar organization in the mammalian cortex; b) investigation of the "Fusiform Face Area (FFA)" in human visual system using high-field (3T) magnet; c) the use of "Diffusion Tensor Imaging technique" to label the axonal connectivity pattern in vivo and in conjunction with high-resolution functional images; and d) research on development and application of columnar-resolution fMRI methods, and their verification using single unit and optical imaging techniques.

Relevant Publications

Dae-Shik Kim, Duong, T.Q., & S.-G. Kim (2000) High-resolution mapping of iso-orientation columns by fMRI. NATURE NEUROSCIENCE, 3 (2), 164-169.

Duong, T.Q., Dae-Shik Kim, Ugurbil, K. & S.G. Kim (2000) Spatio-temporal dynamics of the BOLD fMRI signals in cat visual cortex: toward mapping columnar structures using the early negative response. Magn. Res. in Med, 44, 231-242.

Duong, T.Q., Dae-Shik Kim, Ugurbil, K. & S.G. Kim (2001) Hemodynmaic point spreads of CBF and BOLD fMRI at columnar resolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. USA. 98: 10904-10909.

Dae-Shik Kim (2001) Points of contact between neuronal physiology and fMRI. Rivita di Neuroradiologia. 53-60.

N. Harel, S.-P. Lee, T. Nagaoka, Dae-Shik Kim & S.-G. Kim, (2002) Origin of Negative BOLD fMRI Signals, J. Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 22:908-917.

Dae-Shik Kim and Ugurbil, K. (2002) Bridging the gap between neuroimaging and neurophysiology. Image analysis and stereology. 21: 97-105.

Ugurbil, K., Toth, LJ., and Dae-Shik Kim (2003) How accurate is magnetic resonance imaging of brain function? Trends in Neurosciences, 26, 108-114.

Ronen, I, Kim, K-H, Garwood, M, Ugurbil, K and Dae-Shik Kim (2003) Steps towards gray matter fiber tracking in cat primary visual cortex using the slow diffusion component. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 49:785-790.

Formisano, E., Dae-Shik Kim, Di Salle, F. Van de Moortele, P-F., Ugurbil., K., and Goebel, R. (2003). Mirror-symmetric tototopic maps in human primary auditory cortex. Neuron, 40, 859-869.

Dae-Shik Kim and Garwood, M. (2003). High-field magnetic resonance techniques for brain research. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 13, 612-619.

Dae-Shik Kim, Ronen, I., Olman, C. Kim, S-G, Ugurbil, K. & L.J. Toth (2004) Spatial relationship between neuronal activity and BOLD functional MRI. NeuroImage, 21, 876-885

Kim, M, Ducros, M, Carlson, T, He, S, Ugurbil, K, and Dae-Shik Kim (in press). Anatomical correlates of the functional organization in the human occipito-temporal cortex.