Our Research
Our Research
Despite decades of research, neuropsychiatric disorders remain challenging to recognize and treat. Our research focuses on addressing the gap in translation between what we know about the brain at the macroscopic level and what we know at the microscopic level. Better understanding how the brain functions, and the connections between these levels will allow more effective methods of treatment and earlier diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders.
From cell to network and cognition:
A translational platform for brain diseases
Our translational platform to integrate systems/network tools for studying large-scale brain function and cellular/molecular tools for elucidating pathogenesis. For diagnostics, we use brain imaging to detect network dysfunction, and biological samples (blood and olfactory mucosa) to detect neuropathology. For therapeutics development, we work on computational modeling of brain dynamics to inform deep brain stimulation (epilepsy), and cell replacement therapy using olfactory neural stem cells (AD).
