Our mission is to apply new and innovative technologies in the field of cognitive neuroscience to elucidate the neurological underpinnings of empathy-related processes by investigating the role of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
Project Scope:
The aim of team STRIDE is to acquire data that will lead to a better understanding of the relationship between dopamine release in the brain and the expression of empathy. Team STRIDE will be conducting their experiments using a technology called Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry (FSCV) which measures extracellular dopamine release at subsecond intervals. The team will be conducting behavioral experiments using a rat model. Using the data acquired from the subjects, Team STRIDE hopes to aid in the pursuit to find new ways of treating autism and other antisocial disorders in humans.
Project Scope:
The aim of team STRIDE is to acquire data that will lead to a better understanding of the relationship between dopamine release in the brain and the expression of empathy. Team STRIDE will be conducting their experiments using a technology called Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry (FSCV) which measures extracellular dopamine release at subsecond intervals. The team will be conducting behavioral experiments using a rat model. Using the data acquired from the subjects, Team STRIDE hopes to aid in the pursuit to find new ways of treating autism and other antisocial disorders in humans.