Sarah Canetta, Ph.D., and Christoph Kellendonk, Ph.D.
Release Date: 05/02/2016
Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:
Describe aspects of cognitive functioning that are impaired in schizophrenia, with a particular focus on prefrontal cortex-dependent domains such as working memory and attentional set-shifting;
Delineate several major elements of the neural circuitry that contribute to working memory and attentional set-shifting under normal conditions and that may be compromised in schizophrenia;
Describe several of the neuromodulatory systems within the prefrontal cortex that contribute to working memory and attentional set-shifting under normal conditions and that may be compromised in schizophrenia;
Discuss several emerging areas of therapeutics to treat cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia.
