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 Project Summary  David G. King, Ph.D. (Independent Investigator 2000) of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, will study the correlation between bipolar disorder and a phenomenon called binocular rivalry, which occurs when different, conflicting visual images are separately but simultaneously presented to the two eyes. It is hypothesized that this perceptual function occurs more slowly in bipolar patients. In addition, the project will determine whether binocular rivalry abnormalities show genetic anticipation, that is, do they become more extreme with successive generations? A finding that both bipolar disorder and binocular rivalry disturbances show this pattern would strengthen the conclusion that these phenomena share a single underlying mechanism. Several hundred individuals, with an emphasis on pairs of first-degree relatives, will be studied. Program Area: MOOD DISORDERS\Bipolar |
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Mei Huang, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2005 & 2007 Young Investigator