Krystal Parker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
Biography

Research Interests: 

  • Brain stimulation
  • Systems Neuroscience
  • Clinical psychology

My long-term goal is to understand the cerebellar contribution to cognitive and affective processes. In pursuit of this goal, I combine neurophysiology, pharmacology, and optogenetics in animals performing behavioral tasks to dissect cerebellar neural circuitry. I study the potential for cerebellar stimulation to rescue cognitive impairments and mood in humans using EEG but also in animals with pharmacologically- and genetically-induced phenotypes of disease. My training in psychology, systems neurophysiology, and clinical psychiatry allows me to targe the cerebellum for novel treatments of diseases involving cognitive and affective dysfunction.

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2336 Psychological and Brain Sciences Building (PBSB)
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States