"Early Life Stress and Susceptibility to Schizophrenia and Depression"
You can learn more about Dr. Grace at his University of Pittsburgh faculty bio page.
Objectives
At the conclusion of the activity, participants will
- Discuss the impact of stress on developing systems and how it contributes to pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders
- Explain the role of parvalbumin neuron loss in the etiology of schizophrenia
- Discuss how mitigating the effects of stress prepubertally can prevent adult pathophysiology
- Assess how changes in different dopamine projection systems impact the expression of schizophrenia and depression symptomatology.
This talk is sponsored by the Hollender Lecture Fund, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences This educational activity received no commercial support.