Faculty member
Prof. Matthias Schroeter
Group leader (in cooperation with Leipzig University)Research Interests
- Cognitive neuropsychiatry, i.e. explaining clinical characteristics of neuropsychiatric diseases in terms of cognitive neuroscience & affected brain networks
- Identifying neural correlates & facilitate new treatment approaches
- Focus on neurodegenerative / dementia syndromes, depression & schizophrenia
- Application of personalized machine learning & translational approaches
- Research group http://www.cbs.mpg.de/departments/neurology/cognitive-neuropsychiatry)
- Further information at PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=schroeter+ml
Available PhD projects
Current PhD projects use imaging techniques such as MRI and PET in combination with biomarkers from cerebrospinal fluid, blood and genetics, and cutting-edge pattern recognition algorithms to understand and predict neurodegenerative diseases. Moreover, meta-analytic techniques are applied.