Welcome to the MRI Pediatric Project Offical Website!

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Purpose

Why is this study being done?

The goal of this study is to learn about how the brain develops in normal, healthy children and adolescents. By using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a safe and painless procedure, changes in the brain can be observed and related to thinking feeling, and behavior.

This study will enroll approximately 546 children, ranging from infancy to young adulthood, who will be seen at different time points over a six-year period. It will involve seven sites across the United States, a Clinical Coordinating Center in St. Louis, Missouri and a Data Coordinating Center in Montreal, Canada.

The information obtained during the study will provide essential knowledge for scientists for years to come. It can help us understand the causes of serious childhood conditions like psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, epilepsy, autism, and mental retardation.

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Brochure

Take a look at the study’s brochure. Please choose the format you prefer:

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Research Centers

View the researchers participating in the MRI Pediatric Project by selecting the following links.

Pediatric Study Centers

Children's Hospital, Boston

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center

Washington University, St. Louis

Coordinating Centers

Clinical Coordinating Center, St. Louis

Data Coordinating Center, Montreal

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Articles

Read all about it! Read the six articles about the buzz the MRI project is creating in the community.

Scientific Publications

Pending

Press Articles

Canada NewsWire: Montreal Neurological Institute Awarded 9
million grant by National Institutes of Health. Article HTML

UniSci: Pediatrics centers to study normal brain development. Article HTML

McGill Reporter: Mapping the growing brain. Article HTML

Maclean’s Online: Canada’s Steven Pinker challenges the accepted
wisdom of how the human brain works.Article HTML

McGill Impact: A recognition of excellence. Article HTML

Child: Brain Mapping the new frontier in children’s medicine.Article HTML

Useful Links

United States National Library of Medicine at www.nlm.nih.gov

PBS Series: The Secret Life of the Brain at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain

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Frequently Asked Questions

Click on your preferred link to read the Frequently Asked Questions about our study. If you have additional questions contact any of the investigators listed under the research centers page.

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Arstist Corner

Ladybug - Pamela, age 7

Swimmer - Vasili, age 8

Three Friends, Sunny Day - Johnny, age 11

3 kids - Ryan, age 5

Flowers - Elizabeth, age 12

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