Neuroimaging
Neural and cognitive development and internalizing problems in adolescence with autism spectrum disorder
Description:
This grant attempts to characterize and predict aspects of cognitive development in adolescence, to examine changes in social awareness, motivation, and functioning; and to use this information to investigate the emergence of depression between middle childhood and adolescence using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Funding:
National Institutes of Health
David G. Amaral, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator
dgamaral@ucdavis.edu
Marjorie Solomon, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator
marsolomon@ucdavis.edu
Multimodal neuroimaging of altered brain development in MIA models and schizophrenia
Description:
The goal of this proposed research is to provide information on alterations in brain development caused by maternal immune system activation (MIA) that may precede psychosis and to establish a common developmental neuropathology across mice, monkeys and humans to lead to clinically useful biomarkers for detecting individuals at high risk for schizophrenia and promote earlier prevention and more effective treatment.
Funding:
UC Davis Conte Center, funded through a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health
David G. Amaral, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator
dgamaral@ucdavis.edu
Neurodevelopment of cognitive control in autism: adolescence to young adulthood
Description:
This study examines the development of cognitive control across adolescence into young adulthood and its relationship to functional outcomes in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and behavioral measures.
Funding:
National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Mental Health
Marjorie Solomon, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Principal Investigator
marsolomon@ucdavis.edu
Tara Ann Niendam, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator
tniendam@ucdavis.edu