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Prof. Dr. Kurt Audenaert

 

pasfotoaudenaertKurt Audenaert was trained as a psychiatrist and master in criminological sciences. He was trained as a psychotherapist. His PhD in Medical Sciences was titled "Functional brain imaging in functional psychiatric disorders" and concerned among other molecular imaging of the serotonergic 2A receptor in impulsive behaviour. He actually holds the position of Senior Full Professor at the Gent University and he teaches psychiatry and forensic psychiatry at the Faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychological Sciences and Faculty of Law and Criminological Sciences.

His further research is about molecular imaging (PET, SPET) in impulsive and agressive behaviour in human and large animal studies. He (co-)authored 100+ international publications and is co-editor of the Springer handbook Molecular Imaging in Psychiatry.

His lecture will be focused on human and large animal research on molecular brain imaging studies of the serotonergic system and will give a framework of understanding treatment with serotonergic drugs in impulsive and aggressive patients.

 

  

  

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