Gerson Duarte Guercio
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography
Gerson has started his PhD at the age of 21 years in the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and published its first paper as a first author at the age of 22. Since then, he began working with animal models of schizophrenia and also directly with schizophrenia patients. His current research focus on developing cognitive training strategies to treat cognitive deficits in schizophrenia while also investigating the effects of training in the brains of rodents using a variety of molecular, pharmacological and imaging studies.
Abstract
Abstract : D-serine as a cognitive enhancer in health and disease