We will be featuring the work of Fabio Ferrarelli, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, at our first Meet the PI lecture of the new year.
Dr. Ferrarelli's lab employs multimodal imaging research techniques, including high density (hd)-EEG during sleep and wakefulness, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), structural and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Imaging (MRSI) in healthy and psychiatric populations to characterize the neurobiology and related cognitive dysfunctions of major psychiatric disorders, including obsessive compulsive, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. A primary goal of his research is to identify novel treatment targets and approaches, including neuromodulatory interventions for psychotic and other major psychiatric disorders.
Dr. Ferrarelli's lecture will focus on the importance of sleep problems in schizophrenia, with an emphasis on activity occurring during sleep assessed with the encephalogram (EEG), including sleep spindles and slow waves, which are the main oscillations occurring during dreamless, non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. He will present data showing deficits in sleep spindles and, to a lesser extent, slow waves, in schizophrenia, from chronic to at-risk stages.
Lectures will be offered as a hybrid event. Join us in-person in the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Auditorium (masking is required) or to attend remotely, click on this Zoom link and enter the following information:
Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/91624594762
Meeting ID: 916 2459 4762
For More Information. Please contact Jeanie Knox at knoxjv@upmc.edu.
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