Thomas H Mareci

Thomas H Mareci, Ph.D.

Professor

Department: MD-BIOCHEM / MOLECULAR BIOL
Business Phone: (352) 273-5348
Business Email: thmareci@ufl.edu

About Thomas H Mareci

Thomas H. Mareci, Ph.D. is Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Florida and an affiliate faculty member of the Departments of Physics and Biomedical Engineering. He received his doctoral degree in physical chemistry in 1982 at Oxford University for his work with Professor Ray Freeman on the measurement of nuclear magnetic resonance multiple-quantum spectroscopy. Dr. Mareci joined the faculty of the University of Florida in 1982 and, in early 1993, he was appointed the Director of the Center for Structural Biology, and founded the Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Facility in the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida. He is a member of the U. S. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, operated jointly by the University of Florida, Florida State University, and the Los Alamos National Lab, and he is helping to develop the in vivo magnetic resonance program of this national lab. He has published over 110 journal articles and 12 book chapters and is a frequent reviewer for journals and federal granting agencies.

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Accomplishments

Mentor Award (faculty/staff category)
2019 · National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
University Term Professor
2017-2020 · University of Florida
Associate Director
2012-current · Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Facility, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida
Exemplary Teacher Award
2012-2013 · College of Medicine, University of Florida
Exemplary Teacher Award
2007-2008 · College of Medicine, University of Florida
Founder and Director
1993-2007 · Center for Structural Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida
Founder and Director
1992-1997 · Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Facility, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2007-2024
BCH6741C Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy in Living Systems
2011-2012,2014-2018,2017-2024
BCH4905 Biochemistry Senior Research
2008-2024
BCH6747 Structural Biology/Advanced Physical Biochemistry: Spectroscopy and Hydrodynamics
2014-2024
BCH6740 Physical Biochemistry/Structural Biology
2011-2013,2018-2024,2022-2024
PHY7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2010,2012-2018,2018-2024,2024
PHY6905 Individual Work
2010,2013-2018,2018-2024,2024
PHY7979 Advanced Research
2010,2012-2018,2018-2024,2024
PHY6910 Supervised Research
2018
EML7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2017
EGN4912 Engineering Directed Independent Research
2016
BME7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2014-2015
BCH4024 Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2013
CLP7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2021-2024
PHY4911 Undergraduate Research in Physics

Research Profile

Dr. Mareci’s research interests include the mapping of the brain structure using translational water diffusion based magnetic resonance imaging, and brain function using blood oxygenation dependent contrast magnetic resonance imaging. These methods are applied to the study of changes in nervous tissue structure and function following injury or neurodegeneration, and mapping of stimulated electric current in the brain.

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0003-4700-2364

Areas of Interest
  • BIophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Brain Structure
  • Non-invasive Brain Stimulation

Publications

2024
Sensitivity of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Progression over Six Months in Early Spinocerebellar Ataxia.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society. [DOI] 10.1002/mds.29934. [PMID] 39056163.
2023
Clinically Meaningful Magnetic Resonance Endpoints Sensitive to Preataxic Spinocerebellar Ataxia Types 1 and 3.
Annals of neurology. 93(4):686-701 [DOI] 10.1002/ana.26573. [PMID] 36511514.
2023
Perioperative Extracellular Brain Free-Water Changes for Older Adults Electing Total Knee Arthroplasty with General versus Spinal Anesthesia: A Pilot Study.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD. 96(3):1243-1252 [DOI] 10.3233/JAD-221246. [PMID] 37955084.
2023
Perivascular network segmentations derived from high-field MRI and their implications for perivascular and parenchymal mass transport in the rat brain.
Scientific reports. 13(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-023-34850-0. [PMID] 37280246.
2022
A natural history study to track brain and spinal cord changes in individuals with Friedreich’s ataxia: TRACK-FA study protocol.
PloS one. 17(11) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0269649. [PMID] 36410013.
2022
Free Water Fraction Predicts Cognitive Decline for Individuals with Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 104:72-77 [DOI] 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2022.10.005.
2021
Across-vendor standardization of semi-LASER for single-voxel MRS at 3T.
NMR in biomedicine. 34(5) [DOI] 10.1002/nbm.4218. [PMID] 31854045.
2021
Deuterated water imaging of the rat brain following metabolism of [2 H7 ]glucose.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 85(6):3049-3059 [DOI] 10.1002/mrm.28700. [PMID] 33576535.
2021
Evaluation of early microstructural changes in the R6/1 mouse model of Huntington’s disease by ultra-high field diffusion MR imaging.
Neurobiology of aging. 102:32-49 [DOI] 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.02.006. [PMID] 33765430.
2021
Functional connectivity of key resting state networks and objectively measured physical activity in older adults with joint pain: A pilot study.
Experimental gerontology. 153 [DOI] 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111470. [PMID] 34246732.
2021
Restoration of breathing after opioid overdose and spinal cord injury using temporal interference stimulation
Communications Biology. 4(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s42003-020-01604-x. [PMID] 33495588.
2020
An MRI-based switched gradient impulse response characterization method with uniform eigenmode excitation
Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 313 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106720. [PMID] 32217424.
2020
Assessing neuraxial microstructural changes in a transgenic mouse model of early stage Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by ultra‐high field MRI and diffusion tensor metrics
Animal Models and Experimental Medicine. 3(2):117-129 [DOI] 10.1002/ame2.12112. [PMID] 32613171.
2019
Better Brain and Cognition Prior to Surgery Is Associated With Elevated Postoperative Brain Extracellular Free-Water in Older Adults.
Frontiers in aging neuroscience. 11 [DOI] 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00117. [PMID] 31156423.
2019
Detection of axonal degeneration in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease: comparison between diffusion tensor imaging and anomalous diffusion metrics.
Magma (New York, N.Y.). 32(4):461-471 [DOI] 10.1007/s10334-019-00742-6. [PMID] 30771034.
2019
Longitudinal evaluation of tumor microenvironment in rat focal brainstem glioma using diffusion and perfusion MRI.
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI. 49(5):1322-1332 [DOI] 10.1002/jmri.26315. [PMID] 30318760.
2019
MRI of Whole Rat Brain Perivascular Network Reveals Role for Ventricles in Brain Waste Clearance
Scientific Reports. 9(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-019-44938-1. [PMID] 31391474.
2019
Phase contrast MRI of creeping flows using stimulated echo.
Journal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif. : 1997). 299:49-58 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jmr.2018.12.009. [PMID] 30579226.
2019
Unveiling early cortical and subcortical neuronal degeneration in ALS mice by ultra-high field diffusion MRI
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 20(7-8):549-561 [DOI] 10.1080/21678421.2019.1620285.
2018
Cognition and connectomes in nondementia idiopathic Parkinson’s disease.
Network neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.). 2(1):106-124 [DOI] 10.1162/NETN_a_00027. [PMID] 29911667.
2018
Low-Frequency Conductivity Tensor Imaging of the Human Head <italic>In Vivo</italic> Using DT-MREIT: First Study
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 37(4):966-976 [DOI] 10.1109/tmi.2017.2783348.
2018
Low-Frequency Conductivity Tensor Imaging of the Human Head In Vivo Using DT-MREIT: First Study
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 37(4):966-976 [DOI] 10.1109/tmi.2017.2783348.
2018
Methods to Compare Predicted and Observed Phosphene Experience in tACS Subjects.
Neural plasticity. 2018 [DOI] 10.1155/2018/8525706. [PMID] 30627150.
2018
Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging can detect presymptomatic axonal degeneration in the spinal cord of ALS mice.
Functional neurology. 33(3):155-163 [PMID] 30457969.
2018
Temporal lobe epilepsy affects spatial organization of entorhinal cortex connectivity.
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B. 88:87-95 [DOI] 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.06.038. [PMID] 30243111.
2018
Ultra-High Field Diffusion MRI Reveals Early Axonal Pathology in Spinal Cord of ALS mice.
Translational neurodegeneration. 7 [DOI] 10.1186/s40035-018-0122-z. [PMID] 30128146.
2017
Imaging of current flow in the human head during transcranial electrical therapy.
Brain stimulation. 10(4):764-772 [DOI] 10.1016/j.brs.2017.04.125. [PMID] 28457836.
2017
Metal Transporter Zip14 (Slc39a14) Deletion in Mice Increases Manganese Deposition and Produces Neurotoxic Signatures and Diminished Motor Activity
The Journal of Neuroscience. 37(25):5996-6006 [DOI] 10.1523/jneurosci.0285-17.2017.
2017
Metal Transporter Zip14 (Slc39a14) Deletion in Mice Increases Manganese Deposition and Produces Neurotoxic Signatures and Diminished Motor Activity
The Journal of Neuroscience. 37(25):5996-6006 [DOI] 10.1523/jneurosci.0285-17.2017.
2017
The hippocampus: detailed assessment of normative two-dimensional measurements, signal intensity, and subfield conspicuity on routine 3T T2-weighted sequences.
Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA. 39(10):1149-1159 [DOI] 10.1007/s00276-017-1843-x. [PMID] 28286911.
2016
A Fractal Derivative Model for the Characterization of Anomalous Diffusion in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 39:529-537 [DOI] 10.1016/j.cnsns.2016.04.006.
2016
A majority rule approach for region-of-interest-guided streamline fiber tractography.
Brain imaging and behavior. 10(4):1137-1147 [PMID] 26572144.
2016
Gray and White Matter Contributions to Cognitive Frontostriatal Deficits in Non-Demented Parkinson’s Disease.
PloS one. 11(1) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0147332. [PMID] 26784744.
2016
Small Worldness in Dense and Weighted Connectomes.
Frontiers in physics. 4 [PMID] 27478822.
2016
Test-retest reliability of high angular resolution diffusion imaging acquisition within medial temporal lobe connections assessed via tract based spatial statistics, probabilistic tractography and a novel graph theory metric.
Brain imaging and behavior. 10(2):533-47 [DOI] 10.1007/s11682-015-9425-1. [PMID] 26189060.
2016
Toward 20 T magnetic resonance for human brain studies: opportunities for discovery and neuroscience rationale.
Magma (New York, N.Y.). 29(3):617-39 [DOI] 10.1007/s10334-016-0561-4. [PMID] 27194154.
2016
Voxelized Model of Brain Infusion That Accounts for Small Feature Fissures: Comparison With Magnetic Resonance Tracer Studies.
Journal of biomechanical engineering. 138(5) [DOI] 10.1115/1.4032626. [PMID] 26833078.
2015
Broca’s area – thalamic connectivity.
Brain and language. 141:80-8 [DOI] 10.1016/j.bandl.2014.12.001. [PMID] 25555132.
2015
Characterizing magnetic resonance signal decay due to Gaussian diffusion: the path integral approach and a convenient computational method.
Concepts in magnetic resonance. Part A, Bridging education and research. 44(4):203-213 [PMID] 27182208.
2015
Dimensionless, Scale Invariant, Edge Weight Metric for the Study of Complex Structural Networks.
PloS one. 10(7) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0131493. [PMID] 26173147.
2015
High-field magnetic resonance imaging of the human temporal lobe.
NeuroImage. Clinical. 9:58-68 [DOI] 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.07.005. [PMID] 26413472.
2015
Temporal Lobe and Frontal-Subcortical Dissociations in Non-Demented Parkinson’s Disease with Verbal Memory Impairment.
PloS one. 10(7) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0133792. [PMID] 26208170.
2014
Absolute magnetic susceptibility of rat brain tissue.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 72(3):876-9 [DOI] 10.1002/mrm.24965. [PMID] 24123079.
2014
On random walks and entropy in diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging studies of neural tissue.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 71(2):617-27 [DOI] 10.1002/mrm.24706. [PMID] 23508765.
2013
Broca’s area and its striatal and thalamic connections: a diffusion-MRI tractography study.
Frontiers in neuroanatomy. 7 [DOI] 10.3389/fnana.2013.00008. [PMID] 23675324.
2013
Characterization of Anomalous Diffusion in Porous Biological Tissues Using Fractional Order Derivatives and Entropy.
Microporous and mesoporous materials : the official journal of the International Zeolite Association. 178:39-43 [PMID] 24072979.
2013
Generalized Framework To Study Brain Weighted Networks
Biophysical Journal. 104
2013
Imaging white matter in human brainstem.
Frontiers in human neuroscience. 7 [DOI] 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00400. [PMID] 23898254.
2013
Influence of neuropathology on convection-enhanced delivery in the rat hippocampus.
PloS one. 8(11) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0080606. [PMID] 24260433.
2013
MR measurement of alloy magnetic susceptibility: towards developing tissue-susceptibility matched metals.
Journal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif. : 1997). 233:49-55 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.05.002. [PMID] 23727587.
2013
Phase shift in the 24-hour rhythm of hippocampal EEG spiking activity in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy.
Journal of neurophysiology. 110(5):1070-86 [DOI] 10.1152/jn.00911.2012. [PMID] 23678009.
2012
Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of Gd-albumin delivery to the rat hippocampus in vivo by convection-enhanced delivery.
Journal of neuroscience methods. 209(1):62-73 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.05.024. [PMID] 22687936.
2012
Magnetic resonance imaging and volumetric analysis: novel tools to study the effects of thyroid hormone disruption on white matter development.
Neurotoxicology. 33(5):1322-9 [DOI] 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.08.008. [PMID] 22975424.
2012
Role of convection and diffusion on DCE-MRI parameters in low leakiness KHT sarcomas.
Microvascular research. 84(3):306-13 [DOI] 10.1016/j.mvr.2012.09.001. [PMID] 22982403.
2012
Voxelized computational model for convection-enhanced delivery in the rat ventral hippocampus: comparison with in vivo MR experimental studies.
Annals of biomedical engineering. 40(9):2043-58 [DOI] 10.1007/s10439-012-0566-8. [PMID] 22532321.
2011
In vivo contrast-enhanced MR imaging of direct infusion into rat peripheral nerves.
Annals of biomedical engineering. 39(11):2823-34 [DOI] 10.1007/s10439-011-0362-x. [PMID] 21809145.
2011
Sensitivity analysis of an image-based solid tumor computational model with heterogeneous vasculature and porosity.
Annals of biomedical engineering. 39(9):2360-73 [DOI] 10.1007/s10439-011-0349-7. [PMID] 21751070.
2010
A voxelized model of direct infusion into the corpus callosum and hippocampus of the rat brain: model development and parameter analysis.
Medical & biological engineering & computing. 48(3):203-14 [DOI] 10.1007/s11517-009-0564-7. [PMID] 20033788.
2010
Development of an inductively coupled MR coil system for imaging and spectroscopic analysis of an implantable bioartificial construct at 11.1 T.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 63(4):998-1006 [DOI] 10.1002/mrm.22268. [PMID] 20373400.
2010
Early MR diffusion and relaxation changes in the parahippocampal gyrus precede the onset of spontaneous seizures in an animal model of chronic limbic epilepsy.
Experimental neurology. 224(1):258-70 [DOI] 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.03.031. [PMID] 20394745.
2010
Granger causality relationships between local field potentials in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy.
Journal of neuroscience methods. 189(1):121-9 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.03.007. [PMID] 20304005.
2010
Regional convection-enhanced delivery of gadolinium-labeled albumin in the rat hippocampus in vivo.
Journal of neuroscience methods. 187(1):129-37 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.01.002. [PMID] 20067808.
2009
Characterization of an Anisotropic Hydrogel Tissue Substrate for Infusion Testing.
Journal of applied polymer science. Applied polymer symposium. 114(4):1992-2002 [PMID] 20852678.
2009
Multi-fiber reconstruction from DW-MRI using a continuous mixture of hyperspherical von Mises-Fisher distributions.
Information processing in medical imaging : proceedings of the … conference. 21:139-50 [PMID] 19694259.
2009
Non-rigid Registration of High Angular Resolution Diffusion Images Represented by Gaussian Mixture Fields.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI … International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. 5761:190-197 [PMID] 20445828.
2009
Non-rigid registration of high angular resolution diffusion images represented by Gaussian mixture fields.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI … International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. 12(Pt 1):190-7 [PMID] 20425987.
2009
Postmortem interval alters the water relaxation and diffusion properties of rat nervous tissue–implications for MRI studies of human autopsy samples.
NeuroImage. 44(3):820-6 [DOI] 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.09.054. [PMID] 18996206.
2009
Temporal lobe epilepsy: anatomical and effective connectivity.
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 17(3):214-23 [DOI] 10.1109/TNSRE.2008.2006220. [PMID] 19273040.
2009
VARIATIONAL DENOISING OF DIFFUSION WEIGHTED MRI.
Inverse problems and imaging (Springfield, Mo.). 3(4):625-648 [DOI] 10.3934/ipi.2009.3.625. [PMID] 36937497.
2009
Voxelized model of interstitial transport in the rat spinal cord following direct infusion into white matter.
Journal of biomechanical engineering. 131(7) [DOI] 10.1115/1.3169248. [PMID] 19640132.
2008
In Vivo Causal Analysis of Initiation, Propagation and Termination of Spontaneous Temporal Lobe Seizure
Epilepsia. 49:477-478
2008
Quantitative assessment of macromolecular concentration during direct infusion into an agarose hydrogel phantom using contrast-enhanced MRI.
Magnetic resonance imaging. 26(10):1433-41 [DOI] 10.1016/j.mri.2008.04.011. [PMID] 18583082.
2007
A CONTINUOUS MIXTURE OF TENSORS MODEL FOR DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MR SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION.
Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging. 4:772-775 [PMID] 19936041.
2007
A novel tensor distribution model for the diffusion-weighted MR signal.
NeuroImage. 37(1):164-76 [PMID] 17570683.
2007
An orthotopic xenograft model of intraneural NF1 MPNST suggests a potential association between steroid hormones and tumor cell proliferation.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology. 87(11):1092-102 [PMID] 17876295.
2007
Determination of macromolecular concentration following direct infusion into hydrogel using contrast-enhanced MRI.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference. 2007:2887-90 [PMID] 18002598.
2007
Diffusion basis functions decomposition for estimating white matter intravoxel fiber geometry.
IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 26(8):1091-102 [PMID] 17695129.
2007
Voxelized model of interstitial transport in nervous tissue following direct infusion into white matter.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference. 2007:2114-7 [PMID] 18002405.
2006
Computational model of interstitial transport in the spinal cord using diffusion tensor imaging.
Annals of biomedical engineering. 34(8):1304-21 [PMID] 16832605.
2006
Evolving into epilepsy: Multiscale electrophysiological analysis and imaging in an animal model.
Experimental neurology. 198(1):31-47 [PMID] 16386735.
2006
Resolution of complex tissue microarchitecture using the diffusion orientation transform (DOT).
NeuroImage. 31(3):1086-103 [PMID] 16546404.
2006
Structural insights from high-resolution diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of the isolated rat hippocampus.
NeuroImage. 32(4):1499-509 [PMID] 16806988.
2006
VON MISES-FISHER MIXTURE MODEL OF THE DIFFUSION ODF.
Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging. 2006:65-68 [PMID] 19759891.
2005
Evaluation of the pathologic characteristics of excitotoxic spinal cord injury with MR imaging.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology. 26(7):1612-22 [PMID] 16091503.
2005
Fast orientation mapping from HARDI.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI … International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. 8(Pt 1):156-63 [PMID] 16685841.
2005
Generalized scalar measures for diffusion MRI using trace, variance, and entropy.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 53(4):866-76 [PMID] 15799039.
2004
A constrained variational principle for direct estimation and smoothing of the diffusion tensor field from complex DWI.
IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 23(8):930-9 [PMID] 15338727.
2004
DT-MRI denoising and neuronal fiber tracking.
Medical image analysis. 8(2):95-111 [PMID] 15063860.
2004
Patterns of gene expression reveal a temporally orchestrated wound healing response in the injured spinal cord.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 24(39):8562-76 [PMID] 15456830.
2003
A constrained variational principle for direct estimation and smoothing of the diffusion tensor field from DWI.
Information processing in medical imaging : proceedings of the … conference. 18:660-71 [PMID] 15344496.
2003
Generalized diffusion tensor imaging and analytical relationships between diffusion tensor imaging and high angular resolution diffusion imaging.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 50(5):955-65 [PMID] 14587006.
2002
Progress in high field MRI at the University of Florida.
Magma (New York, N.Y.). 13(3):152-7 [PMID] 11755090.
2001
In vivo 1H magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy of the rat spinal cord using an inductively-coupled chronically implanted RF coil.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 46(6):1216-22 [PMID] 11746589.
2001
Visualization of neural tissue water compartments using biexponential diffusion tensor MRI.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 45(4):580-7 [PMID] 11283985.
2000
NMR spectroscopy of single neurons.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 44(1):19-22 [PMID] 10893516.
1999
Diffusion tensor MR imaging and comparative histology of glioma engrafted in the rat spinal cord.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology. 20(4):713-6 [PMID] 10319987.
1999
In vivo dynamics and distribution of intracerebroventricularly administered gadodiamide, visualized by magnetic resonance imaging.
Neuroscience. 90(3):1115-22 [PMID] 10218810.
1997
Diffusion anisotropy in excised normal rat spinal cord measured by NMR microscopy.
Magnetic resonance imaging. 15(4):441-50 [PMID] 9223045.
1996
A field-gradient coil using concentric return paths.
Journal of magnetic resonance. Series B. 112(2):124-30 [PMID] 8812896.
1996
Magnetic field gradient system for nuclear magnetic resonance microimaging.
Magma (New York, N.Y.). 4(2):85-91 [PMID] 8875394.
1995
Dynamic assessment of intraspinal neural graft survival using magnetic resonance imaging.
Experimental neurology. 136(1):64-72 [PMID] 7589335.
1993
A comparison of an inductively coupled implanted coil with optimized surface coils for in vivo NMR imaging of the spinal cord.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 30(5):626-33 [PMID] 8259063.
1992
In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of fetal cat neural tissue transplants in the adult cat spinal cord.
Journal of neurosurgery. 76(2):261-74 [PMID] 1730955.
1991
Delayed grafting of fetal CNS tissue into chronic compression lesions of the adult cat spinal cord.
Restorative neurology and neuroscience. 2(4):309-25 [DOI] 10.3233/RNN-1991-245621. [PMID] 21551618.
1987
Selective Fourier transform localization.
Magnetic resonance in medicine. 5(5):417-33 [PMID] 3431402.

Grants

Jul 2023 ACTIVE
RF Safety: Numerical Modeling (Phase 2)
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: DEFENSEWERX via CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Jan 2023 ACTIVE
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Renewal 2023-2027
Role: Faculty
Funding: FL STATE UNIV via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Jan 2022 – Dec 2022
Clinical Trial Readiness for SCA1 and SCA3 – MR Sites
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: HOUSTON METHODIST ACADEMIC INSTITUTE via NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Jan 2021 – Dec 2022
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Renewal 2018-2022
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL STATE UNIV NAT HGH MAGNETIC FIELD LAB via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Jan 2020 – Dec 2021
Clinical Trial Readiness for SCA1 and SCA3 – MR Sites
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: HOUSTON METHODIST ACADEMIC INSTITUTE via NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Sep 2019 – Aug 2022
Adoptive Cell Therapies and Translational Neuroimaging in Synucleinopathy: Implications for Dementia with Lewy Body and Parkinson's Disease
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
May 2019 – Sep 2021
Impact of total knee replacement surgery on trajectory of cognitive decline in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH ED ETHEL MOORE ALZHEIMER
Mar 2019 – Feb 2024
Clinical Trial Readiness for SCA1 and SCA3 (READISCA MRI)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF MINNESOTA via BIOGEN MA INC
Jan 2019 – Dec 2019
Clinical Trial Readiness for SCA1 and SCA3 – MR Sites
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: HOUSTON METHODIST ACADEMIC INSTITUTE via NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Jan 2018 – Dec 2023
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Renewal 2018-2022
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: FL STATE UNIV via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Jan 2018 – Dec 2018
Clinical Trial Readiness for SCA1 and SCA3
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: HOUSTON METHODIST ACADEMIC INSTITUTE via NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Jul 2017 – May 2022
Mechanism and dosimetry exploration in transcranial electrical stimulation using magnetic resonance current mapping methods
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY via NATL INST OF HLTH NIMH
Sep 2016 – May 2024
Health Disparities in Osteoarthritis: Biological Aging, Stress, and Pain – Modulation by Resilience Factors
Role: Faculty
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
Sep 2015 – May 2022
Partnership For Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Biomarker Development
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF MINNESOTA via NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Jul 2014 – Jun 2017
In vivo Imaging of therapeutic electric current flow
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY via NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Mar 2014 – Dec 2017
Direct Functional Imaging of Electrical Brain Stimulation
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY via NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Sep 2013 – Aug 2019
White Matter Connectivity and PD Cognitive Phenotypes
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Jan 2013 – Dec 2018
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: FL STATE UNIV via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Sep 2012 – Jun 2018
Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Post-Operative Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
Role: Project Manager
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NINR
Sep 2011 – Mar 2016
Florida Trauma Rehabilitation Center for Returning Military Personnel
Role: Project Manager
Funding: US DEPT OF DEFENSE
Jul 2006 ACTIVE
BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH
Role: Project Manager
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH

Education

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
1982 · University of Oxford
M.S. in Physics
1979 · University of Florida
B.S. in Physics
1972 · University of Forida

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-5348
Emails:
Business:
thmareci@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
DEPT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
PO BOX 100245
MCKNIGHT BRAIN INSTITUTE. ROOM L2-100F
GAINESVILLE FL 326100245
Business Street:
MCKNIGHT BRAIN INSTITUTE, L2-100F
GAINESVILLE FL 326100001