Name: Reading your mind: neuroimaging and brain function
Start: 2025-05-19T19:30:00
End: 2025-05-19T21:30:00
Location: The Miller

Our brains are a complex of interweaving electrical and chemical activity. In these talks Dr Amanda Kiemes and Dr Vasileia Kotoula will explain how different internal and external chemicals can change our brain function and how this can be observed.

The Brain’s Chemical Brakes: How GABA Keeps Us in Control (Until It Doesn’t)

Dr Amanda Kiemes (Senior Data Analyst Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust)

Your brain is always active. But how does it stay balanced? Meet GABA, the brain’s main “brake” chemical. We’ll explore how GABA helps control brain activity, why that’s crucial for everything from vision to emotions, and what can happen when it goes wrong. Using the advances in brain scan technology, we’re starting to discover how this tiny molecule keeps our minds in check.

TBC

Dr Vasileia Kotoula (Lecturer in Neuroscience and Psychology)

Dr Vasileia Kotoula's research focuses on fast-acting antidepressants and their effects on key brain processes.

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