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SUMMARY:Integrative Neuromodulation: from biomarker identification to opti
 mizing neuromodulation - Dr Valerie Voon\, Department of Psychiatry
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CONTACT:Dr Dervila Glynn
DESCRIPTION:*Theme: Adaptive Brain Computations*\n\n*Abstract:* Why do we 
 make decisions impulsively blinded in an emotionally rash moment? Or caugh
 t in the same repetitive suboptimal loop\, avoiding fears or rushing headl
 ong towards illusory rewards? These cognitive constructs underlying self-c
 ontrol and compulsive behaviours and their influence by emotion or incenti
 ves are relevant dimensionally across healthy individuals and hijacked acr
 oss disorders of addiction\, compulsivity and mood. My lab focuses on iden
 tifying theory-driven modifiable biomarkers focusing on these cognitive co
 nstructs with the ultimate goal to optimize and develop novel means of neu
 romodulation. Here I will provide a few examples of my group’s recent wo
 rk to illustrate this approach. I describe a series of recent studies on i
 ntracranial physiology and acute stimulation focusing on risk taking and e
 motional processing. This talk highlights the subthalamic nucleus\, a comm
 on target for deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease and obsessi
 ve-compulsive disorder. I further describe recent translational work in no
 n-invasive neuromodulation. Together these examples illustrate the approac
 h of the lab highlighting modifiable biomarkers and optimizing neuromodula
 tion.\n\n*Biography:* Valerie Voon is a Professor in the Dept of Psychiatr
 y at the University of Cambridge and at Fudan University in Shanghai China
  and a consultant neuropsychiatrist with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborou
 gh NHS Foundation Trust. Her group investigates mechanisms underlying self
 -control and repetitive behaviours and the influence of emotion and incent
 ives. Her lab focuses on integrative neuromodulation identifying modifiabl
 e biomarkers using multiple modalities with the goal to optimize and devel
 op novel means of neuromodulation. \n\nRegister in advance for this meetin
 g: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkduCsrTgoH9dArdJfzAvAnOT6vc
 1dXegp\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email contai
 ning information about joining the meeting.
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