Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience
The SCAN Center
Elisabeth de Castro Caparelli, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor

SCAN Center, BLDG 047
Stony Brook University (SUNY)
Stony Brook, NY, 11794-5299
Telephone:  (631) 632-4786
e-mail:  ECAPARELLI@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Research Interests

Dr. Caparelli received her Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University of Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Her main focus of research is on the development and validation of combining magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique with others neuroimaging modalities to improve neuroscience research. At the SCAN center she focuses on the implementation of the simultaneous TMS-fMRI to evaluate the brain structures affected by the TMS stimulus in human brain.

Selected Publications

•Caparelli E. Exploring brain circuitry: Simultaneous application of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Neuroimaging, chapter 2, pp. 25,SCIYO, 2010.
•Caparelli E.C., Backus W., Telang F., Wang G.-J., Maloney T., Goldstein R.Z., Anschel D., Henn F. Simultaneous TMS-fMRI of the visual cortex reveals functional network, even in absence of phosphene sensation. The Open Neuroimaging Journal, 4:100-110 (2010).
•Caparelli E.C., and Tomasi D. K-space spatial low-pass filters can increase signal loss artifacts in Echo-Planar Imaging. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 3(1):107-114 (2008).
•Caparelli E.C. TMS & fMRI - The new neuroimaging tool to study the brain function. Current Medical Imaging Review, 3:109-115 (2007).
•Caparelli E.C. Can motion artifacts be completely removed from fMRI-activation maps? Current Medical Imaging Review, 1:253-264 (2005).
•Caparelli E.C., Tomasi D., and Ernst T. The Effect of Small Rotations on R2* Measured with Echo Planar Imaging. Neuroimage, 24(4), 1164-1169 (2005).
•Caparelli E.C., Tomasi D., Arnold S., Chang L., and Ernst T. k-Space based summary motion detection for functional magnetic resonance imaging. Neuroimage, 20(2):1411-1418 (2003).
•Caparelli E.C., Tomasi D., and Panepucci H. Shielded biplanar gradient coil design. J Magn Reson Imaging, 9(5):725-31 (1999).