Mr Laith Alexander University positionPhD student DepartmentsDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Research ThemeInterestsMy research focuses on the neurobiology of emotion and emotional regulation. In particular, I am interested in how prefrontal cortical regions (area 25 and 32) subserve the regulation of emotional states. Using sophisticated techniques in behavioural psychology, neuropharmacology and cardiovascular monitoring I am attempting to understand how dysfunctions in these regions contribute to the core aspects of Major Depressive Disorder: enhanced 'negative' emotion (low mood and anxiety) and reduced 'positive' emotion (anhedonia). Research Focus
EquipmentBehavioural analysis Cardiovascular monitoring Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Neuropharmacology Neuropsychological testing Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Collaborators
Associated News ItemsPublications2017Wallis CU, Cardinal RN, Alexander L, Roberts AC, Clarke HF (2017), “Opposing roles of primate areas 25 and 32 and their putative rodent homologs in the regulation of negative emotion” PNAS |