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York Neuroimaging Centre
The Government's aim is to make the UK the best place in the world for science. World-class facilities like the Neuroimaging Centre will help make this a reality."
Lord Sainsbury, former science minister
The York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) boasts two of the most powerful brain scanners in the UK, which cost a total of £3.5 million, and produce visually stunning images, allowing detailed study of a huge range of brain functions and conditions.
The scanners
MagnetoEncephaloGraphic (MEG) scanner
The Centre's £1.1 million MagnetoEncephaloGraphic (MEG) scanner, the first of its kind in Europe, provides a non-invasive way of mapping the magnetic fields created by electrical activity in the brain. Its £2.4 million high field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine has twice the power of a typical hospital device.
3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner
The 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner, manufactured by GE Medical Systems, allows high spatial resolution structural and chemical investigations of the whole body as well as studies of blood flow to the brain.
Find out more
The York Neuroimaging Centre website features details about:
- research and teaching carried out using the facility
- the scanners and related technologies available
- how to apply to use the facility