Dr Lena Oestreich - QBI : "Post-stroke depression: vulnerability, mechanisms, and novel treatment targets"
Speaker:
Dr Lena Oestreich
Centre for Clinical Research
University of Queensland
Title: Post-stroke depression: vulnerability, mechanisms, and novel treatment targets
Post-stroke depression is one of the most common complications of stroke, affecting over one-third of stroke survivors and adversely influencing rehabilitation outcomes. Due to the delayed onset of post-stroke depression approximately 3 months after infarct and a poor understanding of brain-based mechanisms underlying these symptoms, acute care is currently unable to identify individuals at-risk and offer preventative treatment strategies. This talk will focus on our key research areas, aimed at developing mechanistic models of post-stroke depression, which will inform new treatment targets for preventative interventions. To achieve this, we (1) combine advanced neuroimaging approaches to pinpoint brain areas associated with depressive symptoms that are particularly vulnerable to the effects of ischemic events, (2) utilize and develop computational neuroscience approaches to map the diffuse effects of remote lesions on localized brain structure and function, and (3) establish the relative importance of neurobiological and clinical factors to the symptom burden of post-stroke depression.
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