Research Interests

Research Interests

I study the role of transition metals in the brain using neutron activation analysis (NAA) at the McMaster Nuclear Reactor.

I also study comparative neuroanatomy using high resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

• Bock NA, Hashim E, Kocharyan A, Silva AC. Visualizing myeloarchitecture with magnetic resonance imaging in primates.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2011; 1225: E171-81. 
• Bock NA, Kocharyan A, Liu JV, Silva AC.  Visualizing the entire cortical myelination pattern in marmosets with magnetic resonance imaging.  Journal of Neuroscience Methods 2009; 185(1):15-22.
• Bock NA, Kocharyan A, Silva AC.  Manganese-enhanced MRI visualizes V1 in the non-human primate visual cortex.  NMR in Biomedicine 2009; 22(7): 730-736.
• Bock NA, Paiva FF, Nascimento GC, Silva AC.  Cerebrospinal fluid to brain transport of manganese in a non-human primate revealed by MRI.  Brain Research 2008; 1198: 160-170.
• Bock NA, Kovacevic N, Lipina TV, Roder JC, Ackerman SL, Henkelman RM.   In vivo magnetic resonance imaging and semiautomated image analysis extend the brain phenotype for cdf/cdf mice.  Journal of Neuroscience 2006; 26(17): 4455- 4459.
• Bock NA, Nieman BJ, Bishop JB, Henkelman RM.  In vivo multiple-mouse MRI at 7 Tesla.  Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2005; 54(5): 1311-1316.

Students Supervised

Students Supervised

• Current: Eyesha Hashim, Nataliya Moldovan (co-supervised with Michael Farquharson), Lianne Lobo, and Laura Banevicius (co-supervised with John Valliant)
• Past: Aaron Marshall (M.Sc. in Health and Radiation Physics), Nelson Miksys (M.Sc. in Radiation Sciences (Medical Physics))

Teaching

Teaching 2011 - 2012

• Medical Physics 4D03 IMAGING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
• Medical Physics 2C03 ELECTRONICS FOR MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
• Medical Physics 4T03 CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICS IN MEDICINE (MRI section)