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  3. Colloquium with David A. Lewis, MD
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MIT Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition

Colloquium with David A. Lewis, MD

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David Lewis, MD
Add to CalendarAmerica/New_YorkColloquium with David A. Lewis, MD02/08/2018 9:00 pm02/08/2018 10:00 pmSingleton Auditorium, 46-3002
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February 8, 2018
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Singleton Auditorium, 46-3002
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Brittany Greenough
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Michael Halassa
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    A Neural Circuitry Substrate for Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia

    Deficits in cognitive control, the ability to adjust thoughts or behaviors in order to achieve goals, are now considered to be a core feature of schizophrenia and to be the best predictor of long-term functional outcome. Cognitive control depends on the coordinated activity of a number of brain regions, including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Subjects with schizophrenia exhibit altered activation of the DLPFC, and reduced power of frontal lobe gamma band (~40 Hz) oscillations, when performing tasks that require cognitive control. Gamma oscillations require robust activity in the reciprocal connections between the parvalbumin-containing basket cell class of cortical GABA neurons and neighboring pyramidal neurons.  Thus, alterations in either the excitatory or inhibitory synapses in this circuit could contribute to impaired gamma oscillations and cognition in schizophrenia. This presentation will review the evidence for alterations in components of this circuit in the DLPFC of subjects with schizophrenia. Current findings converge on the hypothesis that the primary disturbances are in pyramidal neurons with the changes in parvalbumin neurons representing compensatory responses to maintain excitatory-inhibitory balance in DLPFC networks. In concert, the findings provide both a circuity-based explanation for gamma oscillations impairments and cognitive disturbances in schizophrenia and a possible mechanistic substrate for the emergence of psychosis. 

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