István Bitter
Project leader
clinical sciences
MTA-SE
Hungary
Biography
István Bitter is professor in Semmelweis University
Research Interest
The general aim is to develop a high-density, 256-channel measurement system for EEG tomography which allows for the precise temporal and spatial characterization of neurobiological processes impaired in psychiatric illnesses. We hypothesize that a deficient pattern of functional connectivity will be manifested in neural networks that subserve the critical emotion- and information processing functions as well as behavioral monitoring, inhibition, and cognitive control processes (e.g., lateral pre-frontal, medial and orbitofrontal regions). The Semmelweis University Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy will serve as the projects facility (SE PPK), where an already available system will be further expanded, and made portable during the project. Besides the investigation in laboratory environment, this would allow EEG recordings at the bedside. It would also permit examinations off-site.
