Schmack lab

Neural Circuits and Immunity in Psychosis Laboratory

 Areas of interest

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We pursue three inter-related research directions:

  • Computational psychiatry
    We work on a cross-species approach to define computational-behavioural biomarkers that predict how psychosis patients respond to treatment.
     
  • Neural circuits
    We study neural circuit mechanisms of psychosis-like perception to find new treatment targets for psychosis.
     
  • Immune signals
    We investigate how immune signals contribute to psychotic symptoms to identify new biological mechanisms underlying psychosis.