Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory

The Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory's (FNL) mission is to use neuroimaging and behavioral techniques to increase our understanding and treatment of schizophrenia. The lab is staffed by three core faculty, one postdoctoral fellow, two research associates, and two research assistants. The FNL also serves as a resource for other research programs within the MPRC and is available to other divisions within the Department of Psychiatry and Departments in the University Maryland School of Medicine.

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F N L

Faculty

  • Malle Tagamets, Ph.D.
    Dr. Tagamets' scientific interests include the imaging of language and memory processes in schizophrenia, the relation of functional connectivity in the brain to cognitive processing, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) methodology, and computational modeling of biological processes that help to interpret imaging.
  • Henry Holcomb, M.D.
    Dr. Holcomb studies neural activity patterns in response to perceptual and learning tasks in normal and schizophrenic volunteers. The impact of the NMDAR antagonist, ketamine, on these patterns is also an active interest.
  • Laura Rowland, Ph.D.
    Dr. Rowland's uses several neuroimaging techniques (1H-MRS, fMRI, and DTI) to study schizophrenia. Her scientific interests include neural plasticity associated with learning, translational nonhuman to human behavioral neuroscience, in vivo neurochemical measurements of glutamatergic function, and the effects of NMDAR hypofunction on behavior and brain physiology.

Research Associates

  • Jacqueline Griego, Ph.D.
    Dr. Griego's research interests include computational model building for integrating behavioral and fMRI data to understand the structure and function of cognition.

  • Carlos Cortes, M.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Joscelyn Fisher, Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty

  • Karen E. Anderson, M.D., M.S.
    Dr. Anderson studies psychiatric symptoms in patients with movement disorders (e.g., Huntington and Parkinson's). Her goal is to better understand how neurodegenerative disease causes or contributes to psychiatric disorders. 

Collaborators

  • Robert Astur, Ph.D.
  • Peter B. Barker, DPhil, Ph.D.
  • Nicola Casella, M.D.
  • Reza Shadmehr, Ph.D.

 

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