Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2005

Mentor: Greg Allen, Ph.D.
Department: Psychiatry
Room number: EPA.110
Mail Code: 8846
Phone number: (214) 648-4641
E-mail: greg.allen@utsouthwestern.edu
Project title: Functional magnetic resonance imaging of cerebellar learning in autism

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): 072004-021

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable):

Project Type (patient-based research, animal-based research, or basic research; this characterization is only to permit a general classification for grouping similar types of projects)

Patient-based research

Brief Description of Project: The investigation will employ functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) techniques to test the hypothesis that individuals with autism have a fundamental impairment of learning that is related to dysfunction of the cerebellum, one of the most common sites of neuroanatomic abnormality in autism.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students: N/A

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