Associate Professor
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Full Member
Ariel Graff-Guerrero
Location
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Research Interests
Psychiatric Disorders, Radiology & Imaging
Research Themes
Neuroscience, Brain Health
Accepting
MSc, PhD
Research Synopsis
The primary focus of Dr. Graff’s research aims to describe the abnormal neurobiological mechanisms present in schizophrenia, as well as the characterization of biological markers for diagnosis and for prediction of response to treatment. Dr. Graff employs a multimodal neuroimaging approach, including Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI, fMRI and MRS). PET and MRS allow exploring the ‘brain neurochemistry’ in vivo; fMRI explores the ‘neuronal function;’ and MRI explores the ‘brain structure.’