Projects
PSYNC: Working together for mental health Ghent University
PSYNC represents a new model of interdisciplinary research collaboration. Through improved internal synergy, international visibility, recruitment capacity and a focus on societal impact, PSYNC contributes to a better mental health. The experience and expertise can be located at the level of the consortium: the interplay between coordinator, promotors, research teams and central services, with a crucial role for the coordinator.
PET imaging of the mGluR5 receptor in addiction: its role in deficient corticostriatal control and glutamatergic modulation of dopaminergic neurotransmission KU Leuven
Addiction is a complex brain disorder, leading to a compulsive obsession to use a substance despite serious detrimental consequences. Apart from a dysfunctional reward system, reduced inhibitory corticostriatal control in drug-seeking and drug-taking1 and vulnerability to addiction2 has been emphasized. Genetic, developmental, and environmental factors are major contributors to addiction risk, but the neurobiological processes that underlie ...
The neurobiology of decision-making and executive functioning in the suicidal brain Ghent University
Suicidal people have a altered pattern of activation in the orbitofrontal and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, next to executive functioning difficulties. These findings run parallel with the results found in the decision making research. In this project, fMRI and neuropsychological tests such as the Markov decision task are used to assess decision making processes and there role in suicidality.