Research Information

Field of Expertise (Mental Health or Addictions)

• Mental Health,
• Addictions

Mental Illness / Substance

• • Mental Illness:
  • Schizophrenia
• • Substance:
  • Amphetamines,
  • Cocaine

Area of Research

• Animal models,
• Cognition,
• Electrophysiology,
• Neuropsychiatry/Neuropsychology,
• Neurotransmitters

Target Group

• General population

CIHR Research Theme

• Biomedical

Keywords

• Amygdala,
• Dopamine,
• Executive function,
• Goal-directed behaviour,
• Limbic-cortical-striatal interactions involved in cognitive processes,
• Neural circuitry,
• Neuroadaptations following repeated exposure to psychostimulants,
• Prefrontal cortex,
• Psychostimulant drugs