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CENTER INVESTIGATORS Project 1 - Molecular abnormalities in schizophrenia in distinct subsets of cortical GABA neurons thought to generate oscillatory activity David A. Lewis, MD Monica Beneyto, PhD Kenneth Fish, PhD Etienne Sibille, PhDUPMC Professor in Translational Neuroscience Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor (Consultant)Psychiatry and Neuroscience Psychiatry Psychiatry Psychiatry *Project 2* - Integrated computational, electrophysiological and anatomical approaches to determine the relationship between cell type-specific cortical GABA neurotransmission and oscillations in vitro G. Bard Ermentrout, PhD David A. Lewis, MD Kenneth Fish, PhD Guillermo Gonzales-Burgos, PhD Raymond Y. Cho, MD James M. Cook, PhD Susan R. Sesack, PhDProfessor UPMC Professor in Translational Neuroscience Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor University Distinguished Professorof Chemistry (Consultant) Professor (Consultant)Computational Biology and Mathematics Psychiatry and Neuroscience Psychiatry Psychiatry Psychiatry University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Neuroscience and Psychiatry Project 3 - The role of GABA neurotransmission in cortical oscillations elicited by tasks that tap in non-human primates the same information processing domains that are altered in schizophrenia Carl R. Olson, PhD Charles W. Bradberry, PhD Carol Colby, PhD Professor, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Associate Professor Professor Carnegie Mellon University Psychiatry and Neuroscience Neuroscience Project 4 - Specific types of information processing disturbances in schizophrenia that are linked to altered activation of, and impaired network oscillations in, certain cortical regions Mary L. Phillips, MD Raymond Y. Cho, MD Fernando E. Boada, PhD Cameron S. Carter, MD Robert J. Sclabassi, MD, PhD Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor (Consultant) Professor Psychiatry and Psychology (Consultant) Professor (Consultant) Psychiatry Psychiatry Bioengineering and Radiology University of California, Davis Neurological Surgery, Psychiatry, and Electrical Engineering Project 5 - The development of new PET imaging tools for studying the function of human cortical GABA neurons in vivo Chester A. Mathis, PhD William Gordon Frankle, MD Rajesh Narendran, MD Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Radiology, Pharmacology, and Pharmaceutical Sciences Psychiatry and Radiology Radiology and Psychiatry Clinical Services/Diagnostics Core David A. Lewis, MD Raymond Y. Cho, MD William Gordon Frankle, MD Gretchen L. Haas, PhD Robert A. Sweet, MD Matcheri S. Keshavan, PhD Meryl Butters, PhD UPMC Professor in Translational Neuroscience Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor Professor (Consultant) Associate Professor (Consultant) Psychiatry and Neuroscience Psychiatry Psychiatry and Radiology Psychiatry Psychiatry Psychiatry Psychiatry Statistics/Data Management Core Allan A. Sampson, PhD Satish Iyengar, PhD Robert E. Kass, PhD Lisa A. Weissfeld, PhD Professor Professor & Chair Professor (Consultant) Professor (Consultant) Statistics Statistics Statistics Biostatistics

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