Peter H Rudebeck | Mount Sinai

About Me

Dr Rudebeck joined the department of Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2014 as an Assistant Professor. His training and background are in neuropsychology and neurophysiology. He obtained his PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford, where he investigated the role of the prefrontal cortex in emotion, social behavior and decision-making. Prior to joining the faculty at Mount Sinai, Dr Rudebeck was a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), in Bethesda, Maryland. While at the NIMH, his research focused on how interaction between the prefrontal cortex and other parts of the brain, such as the amygdala, contributes to emotion and cognition. At the Icahn School of Medicine, Dr Rudebeck’s lab will investigate the neural systems involved in emotion and decision-making using a combination of behavioral, neurophysiology and interference techniques.

Language

English

Position

PROFESSOR | Neuroscience, PROFESSOR | Psychiatry

Research Topics

Behavior, Bioinformatics, Brain, Cerebral Cortex, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Electrophysiology, Memory, Motor Neuron, Neural Networks, Neurophysiology, Neuroscience, Prefrontal Cortex, Systems Neuroscience

Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas

Neuroscience [NEU]

Education

PhD, University of Oxford

Awards

2017

Career Development Award

Society for Neuroscience

2016

NIMH BRAINS Award

NIMH

2009

Julius Axelrod Memorial Fellowship

National Insitute of Mental Health

Research

In our daily lives we often encounter both pleasurable and aversive situations, which heighten our emotional state and affect cognition. The ability to flexibly regulate our emotions in response to such events is essential for adapting to our environment and, ultimately, for our mental health. Many forms of mental illness involve dysfunction in the neural systems that regulate affective processing. The limbic system, which includes parts of the prefrontal cortex and medial temporal lobe, is critical for regulating emotions and plays an essential role in cognition. The main focus of the Rudebeck lab is to understand how the limbic system, specifically the amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex, contribute to emotional regulation and decision-making. To do this, we use a combination of behavioral, autonomic, neurophysiological and lesion approaches in animal models.

Visit Peter Rudebeck's Laboratory of Neurobiology of Emotion & Cognition for more information.