Award
National Institute of Mental Health 1R21MH134061-01A1
Mapping relational memory deficits and their hippocampal correlates in schizophrenia
Recipient
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Award Amount
$481,250.00
Ceiling
$481,250.00
Awarded
May 10, 2024
Identifier
1R21MH134061-01A1
The award funds research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to study relational memory deficits linked to hippocampal abnormalities in schizophrenia, aiming to develop cognitive markers for disease progression and treatment response.
Description
This project aims to use a novel paradigm to quantify performance across three types of relational memory in schizophrenia and test the relationship between relational memory impairments and hippocampal pathology over illness stages. The goal is to establish a cognitive marker sensitive to hippocampal structure to improve tracking, intervention, and prevention of progression from early psychosis to schizophrenia.