November WKW Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture Series: Dr. Karl-Juergen Baer

Dr. Karl-Juergen Baer - November 1, 2022 

"Central Mechanisms of the Autonomic System in Health and Disease"
William K. Warren, Jr.  Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture 

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm     Program in the LPCH auditorium
11:00am - 11:45am      Lunch will be served beforehand in the LPCH banquet room

Dr. Karl-Juergen Baer is the Chief of Psychosomatic Medicine of the Universitaetsklinikum Jena in Jena, Germany.  He is a psychiatrist and clinical scientist with over 200 publications in the area of neuroimaging, neurophysiology, and pathophysiology of prevalent conditions affecting mental health including mood disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and pain syndromes.

Learning objectives: 

1. Understand the current conceptualization of the organization of the autonomic hierarchy.
2. Understand current study methods of central and peripheral autonomic structures.
3. Become familiar with autonomic dysfunction in prevalent mental health disorders.​