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Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	Evoked Neurotransmitter and Neurochemical Amygdala Responses and Autonomic Arousal to Social Threat and Safety Signals in Typically Developing and Autistic Children and Adolescents
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Nacewicz, Brendon
Description Description	Brendon M. Nacewicz, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will characterize neurotransmitter release in the amygdala, a brain region associated with emotional response to social interactions and implicated in psychiatric disorders that include autism and anxiety. Using a novel functional imaging technique, Dr. Nacewicz and colleagues will track these neurochemical responses to stress in relation to heart rate and pupil dilation. Their goal is to use amygdala activation to identify possible targets in the brain signaling high stress for pharmacological treatment.
Funder Funder	Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	35000
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2016-2019
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 2: What is the Biology Underlying ASD?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	No URL available.
Institution Institution	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	Evoked Neurotransmitter and Neurochemical Amygdala Responses and Autonomic Arousal to Social Threat and Safety Signals in Typically Developing and Autistic Children and Adolescents \| 17500 \| 2017 \| Evoked Neurotransmitter and Neurochemical Amygdala Responses and Autonomic Arousal to Social Threat and Safety Signals in Typically Developing and Autistic Children and Adolescents \| 0 \| 2018 \| Evoked Neurotransmitter and Neurochemical Amygdala Responses and Autonomic Arousal to Social Threat and Safety Signals in Typically Developing and Autistic Children and Adolescents \| 0 \| 2019 \|

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