The Laboratory for Clinical Neuroscience in Madrid
(www.thestrangelab.org), in collaboration with the Neurosurgery and
Psychiatry departments of the Clinico San Carlos, is pioneering the use
of deep-brain stimulation in the management of medication-resistant
schizophrenia. As part of this treatment, we perform
electrophysiological recordings in patients to study the firing pattern
of ventral midbrain (putatively dopaminergic) neurons. Secondly, we test
patients in behavioural tasks such as working memory, in order to
determine the cognitive effects of DBS treatment.
The successful candidate will be involved in acquiring and analysing
neurophysiological recordings from these patients: intra-operative
single-unit recordings and post-operative intracranial local field
potentials and scalp EEG. Funding is through the Behavior and Brain
Research Foundation
(https://www.bbrfoundation.org/blog/meet-our-2017-narsad-independent-investigator-grantees)
A PhD in neuroscience (or related discipline) is required. The ideal
candidate will be highly competent in the analysis of
electrophysiological recordings, particularly single-unit data.
Knowledge of ventral tegmental single unit activity in animal models of
schizophrenia is desirable.
The start date will be in autumn/winter 2017.
Fluent English is mandatory, Spanish is not required.
Application:
Send CV, motivation letter, and contact details of two academic referees
to
Prof. Bryan Strange
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Deadline: 1 September 2017
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Bryan Strange MRCP PhD
Director,
Laboratory for Clinical Neuroscience, CTB-UPM and
Department of Neuroimaging, Reina Sofia Centre for Alzheimer's Research,
Madrid, Spain
www.thestrangelab.org
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