Credits: 1-4 credits (S/N only)

Prerequisites: none

Time:  F, 3:30pm-4:30pm

Place: 4F-136, Minneapolis VA Medical Center

Dr. Pardo, Department of Psychiatry, leads a research program which seeks to elucidate the functional architecture of the human brain with particular emphasis on how dysfunction within neural networks relates to psychiatric disorders. The multidisciplinary approach involves methods from cognitive neuroscience, including several imaging modalities, particularly PET. Brain systems under study in normal subjects include attention and its involvement in memory and affect; language processing and applications to preoperative neurosurgical assessment; and emotional processing through mood induction by cognitive and sensory stimuli. Clinical protocols currently underway seek to relate pathophysiology to the evolving neuroanatomy of the mind. Patient populations include those with mood disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, post traumatic stress disorder, and epilepsy.

This journal club is offered both Fall and Spring semester.