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RESEARCH OVERVIEW

This CCNMD is comprised of 5 projects designed to collaborate around the investigation of one central hypothesis:
Center Central Hypothesis
The 5 projects of the CCNMD address the following topics:

Project 1 - Molecular abnormalities in schizophrenia in distinct subsets of cortical GABA neurons thought to generate oscillatory activity

Project 2 - Integrated computational, electrophysiological and anatomical approaches to determine the relationship between cell type-specific cortical GABA neurotransmission and oscillations in vitro

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

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

Project 5- The development of new PET imaging tools for studying the function of human cortical GABA neurons in vivo

All five projects and their coordination are supported by the Conte Center Administrative, Clinical Services and Diagnostics, and Statistics and Data Management teams.

Center Organization

• Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders •
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David A. Lewis, MD | Department of Psychiatry | University of Pittsburgh
3811 O'Hara Street | Biomedical Science Tower W1654 | Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania 15213-2593
Phone: (412) 624-3934 - Fax: (412) 624-9910

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Corrie Long
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