mental diseases

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How the brain regulates its energy consumption which is visualized by functional imaging techniques to see the brain at work. Pierre Magistretti (MD at University of Geneva; PhD in Biology at UCSD/Salk Institute). Full Professor, University of Lausanne in 1988; 2004, Professor of Neuroscience at the Brain Mind Institute at EPFL and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Lausanne and CHUV. Since 2010 Director of NCCR on "The synaptic bases of mental diseases". President of FENS (2002 -- 2004), currently Secretary General of IBRO since 2010. Elected member of Academia Europae (2001) and of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (2002). Recipient of the Theodore-Ott Prize of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (1997), of the Emil Kraepelin Guest Professorship from the Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich (2002), of the Goethe Award (2009) and of the Camillo Golgi Award (2011). In 2007-2008, International Chair at the Collège de France in Paris. About TEDx: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)