Working Group 4 
Brainstem Function (overview & experimental paradigms brainstem function - humans & animals)

Key objectives of the Working Group
a) provide an overview of the current insights into human brainstem function, including underexplored functions (e.g. autonomic-central nervous system interactions), also based on meta-analyses,
b) assess the reliability of functional brainstem activations in large and multisite datasets, explore functional networks of brainstem structures,
c) establish a consensus on experimental set-ups for investigating brainstem functions including functional localizers,
d) establish cross-species paradigms.

Current Goals

Writing collaborative review papers

The group is organizing several multi-author review articles, each covering a different functional domain of the brainstem:

Arousal & Sleep

Pain

Emotion & Cognition

Autonomic Activity

Sensory-Motor functions