Trainee Research Award Presentations, Part II

Amygdala-Hippocampus Coherence is a Biomarker of Predominant Symptom Sets in Patients With Depression

Joshua Cohen, MD, PhD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Decoding Stress Susceptibility From Activity in Amygdala-Ventral Hippocampal Networks

Frances Xia, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Learning objectives for Dr. Cohen's talk:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Discuss the challenges to biomarker development in psychiatry
• Identify at least one method of dimensionality reduction
• Identify three functions of the amygdala and/or hippocampus that may be related to the pathophysiology of depression and anxiety

Learning objectives for Dr. Xia's talk:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe brain-wide responses to reward in control and stress mice
• Describe three changes in neural activity patterns at the single-neuron and population levels in amygdala and ventral hippocampus of mice susceptible to stress
• Describe how activation of ventral hippocampal-amygdala pathway rescued anhedonic behavior

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UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended only for behavioral/mental health professionals and clinical providers.

Continuing education (CE) credit is available for physicians, psychologists, nurses, and therapists who participate in this activity.