Pooneh Heshmati
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, USA
Biography
Pooneh Heshmati, MD, PhD is a physician and clinical neuroscientist with a background in art, medicine and cognitive neuroscience. Heshmati earned a medical degree from Azad University, and subsequently completed a PhD at the Institute of Cognitive Science Studies. Her research interests are in the areas of memory and emotion, neuropsychological and neurobehavioral medicine, cognitive rehabilitation and brain stimulation.
Heshmati joined the Center for Neurosciences’ Functional Brain Imaging Laboratory as a postdoctoral research trainee. She has experience in both human and animal model research and is currently working on studies in Parkinson’s disease and dystonia
Abstract
Abstract : Reduced hippocampal-thalamic fiber tracts in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus