Prof. Ariel Deutch Vanderbilt University, USA

Ariel Deutch is Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University. He joined the Vanderbilt Faculty in 1996. His studies focus on central dopamine systems and their involvement in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease, the mechanisms of action of antipsychotic drugs, and structural underpinnings of different... read moresymptom domains in schizophrenia and parkinsonism. He is a member of the Scientific Council of NARSAD and is Chairman of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board of the National Parkinson Foundation. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Neuropsychopharmacology (Assoc. Editor), Lancet Neurology, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and Frontiers in Neuroanatomy.