Objective
The impact of reward and punishment on behavior is modulated by the neurotransmitters (chemicals that influence signal transfer between neurons) dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT). This project tests a new model of the interplay between DA and 5-HT in motivational control of behavior, by studying the effects of DA and 5-HT increasing drugs on motivational learning and brain activation. Blood oxygen level dependent functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (BOLD fMRI), a method often used to measure brain activity, is not adequate to assess drug-induced changes in brain activity. In this project new and promising fMRI techniques are used: arterial spin labeling (ASL) and calibrated BOLD fMRI. The results of this project are important for improving methodology in pharmacological fMRI research and may lead to improved treatment for psychiatric patients. The applicant will work for two years (outgoing phase) at the Center for Functional MRI, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA. Dr. T. Liu and his colleagues are world leading in the use and development of the abovementioned advanced fMRI techniques. Prof. M. Paulus of the Department of Psychiatry, UCSD, will collaborate on this project. During the return phase, the applicant will work at the Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, which houses experts in the field of psychopharmacology and toxicology of behavior. This collaboration results in a multidisciplinary research team of experts with excellent training records. The applicant has shown the potential to become a senior researcher. This fellowship will provide the applicant with goal-oriented training, the opportunity to develop complementary skills and to build an international network. The fellowship will make a major contribution to the applicant’s career and to the EU scientific excellence and competitiveness in the field of pharmacological neuroimaging.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine psychiatry
- engineering and technology medical engineering diagnostic imaging magnetic resonance imaging
- medical and health sciences basic medicine toxicology
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FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF
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Coordinator
6200 MD Maastricht
Netherlands
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