Tag: schizophrenia

Ashley Williams presented UNC NIRL’s CogNiT Project research titled “Imaging Stress Effects on Working Memory Capacity in Adolescents At-Risk” at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society’s 2018 Annual Meeting in Bostion, MA. PDF Link  

Candace Killian-Farrell presented UNC NIRL’s CogNiT project research titled “Stress and Anxiety Impact Maturation of Adolescent Neural Circuitry Involved in Emotion and Reward Processing” at the Society of Social Work and Research’s 22nd Annual Conference in Washington DC. Click here … Read more

Ashley Williams presented UNC NIRL’s CogNiT Project research at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry in San Diego, CA. PDF Link  

Paper by Elizabeth H. Andersen, Alana M. Campbell, Sarah E. Schipul, Carolyn M. Bellion, Franc C. L. Donkers, Anna M. Evans, and Aysenil Belger, Electrophysiological Correlates of Aberrant Motivated Attention and Salience Processing in Unaffected Relatives of Schizophrenia Patients, published … Read more

Paper by Shaffer J.J., Peterson M.J., McMahon M.A., Bizzell J., Calhoun V., van Erp T.G.M., Ford J.M., Lauriello J., Lim K.O., Manoach D.S., McEwen S.C., Mathalon D.H., O”Leary D., Potkin S.G., Preda A., Turner J., Voyvodic J., Wible C.G., and … Read more

Video by Sarah J. Hart, Joseph J. Shaffer, Joshua Bizzell, Mariko Weber, Mary A. McMahon, Hongbin Gu, Diana O. Perkins, and Aysenil Belger, Measurement of Fronto-limbic Activity Using an Emotional Oddball Task in Children with Familial High Risk for Schizophrenia, … Read more

Neurological underpinnings of schizophrenia just as complex as the disorder itself New analysis links cognitive, emotional, and intellectual symptoms to neurological “disruption” in multiple brain regions – a finding with important implications for diagnosis and treatment.

N&O – April 2, 2013: “Research from UNC-CH points to early warning signs for schizophrenia” Changes in brain function may foreshadow schizophrenia as early as puberty, nearly a decade before most patients begin showing obvious symptoms, new research from the … Read more

Alterations in brain activity in children at risk of schizophrenia predate onset of symptoms Research from the University of North Carolina has shown that children at risk of developing schizophrenia have brains that function differently than those not at risk. … Read more

Aysenil Belger featured in Raleigh News and Observer Q & A about neuroimaging techniques N&O – Jan 27, 2013: “How Do Brain Scans Work?” Dr. Belger answers questions from a newspaper interviewer about different neuroimaging techniques and how they are … Read more