HOMESTUDY: Jeffrey Lewine, Ph.D., Advanced Neurobehavioral Imaging, 3 CEs

Level of Activity: Advanced Advances in structural and functional brain imaging continue to provide for new insights in the biology of neurological and psychiatric diseases ranging from autism to Alzheimer’s dementia, epilepsy to schizophrenia, and traumatic brain injury to post-traumatic stress disorder. Noninvasive methods are especially important in the evaluation of pediatric patients, where they can aid in diagnosis and help to guide therapeutic interventions. This presentation will provide an introduction to various imaging methods and how they are being used in clinical and forensic practice. Objectives: As a result of attending this presentation, participants will: 1. Be able to provide an overview of the basic mechanisms, advantages, and limitations of various methods for imaging brain structure and function (e.g., MRI, fMTI, DTI, PET, SPECT, EEG and MEG). 2. Describe relationships between brain structure, function, and behavior. 3. Describe, through study examples, on-going research in which imaging methods are being used to develop, guide, and track novel interventions in pediatric neurological and psychiatric conditions.