MEG Center

This facility in Qualcomm Institute’s Atkinson Hall on the UC San Diego campus is one of only about 20 in the nation to perform magnetoencephalography (MEG), a non-invasive, painless and quiet technique for measuring the very weak magnetic fields in the brain, associated with the brain’s electrical activity. MEG is the most advanced and accurate functional brain imaging technique currently available.

The center’s team has helped thousands of people with this state-of-the-art technology. Among many applications, activities at the center have included pre-surgically locating the sources of epileptic seizures to improve surgical outcomes of patients; pre-surgically locating the eloquent cortex in patients undergoing brain surgery for trauma or epilepsy; determining whether a patient is suffering from traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); mapping brain networks to study PTSD and other brain diseases; and conducting research on the efficacies of medications for schizophrenia.

If you are a researcher or physician interested in using the MEG facility, please reach out to one of the contacts below for details.