Schizophrenia

Shushruth Shushruth, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of Columbia University, will investigate deficits in cognitive performance associated with schizophrenia and other disorders. Dr. Shushruth and colleagues propose that a cause of such deficits is the failure of calculations made in association cortex, brain regions that shape our associations between sensory experiences. The team will test the cognitive effects of controlling activity in different regions of association cortex in primates. They hope this approach will not only allow more detailed study of the causes of cognitive impairments, but will also lay the foundation for treating impairments.