Stress and GABA in the development of psychosis C4C
Research in experimental rats shows that problems in regulating the response to stress lead to the commonly associated excessive production of the neurotransmitter dopamine through a disruption of another neurotransmitter system: GABA. This project will study the relationship between the response to emotion and psychosocial stress and GABA function in patients with a first-episode of psychosis compared to healthy controls using PET-MRI scanning.