Rachel V. Gow, PhD

Washington D.C. Metro Area United States

Lead Associate Investigator for the NORAA trial, Section of Nutritional Neuroscience, NIH

Education

I am currently a post-doctoral research fellow in the Section of Nutritional Neuroscience at the National Institutes of Health and am the Lead Associate Investigator for the Neuroimaging, Omega-3 and Reward in Adults with ADHD (NORAA) trial, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02156089 for further information. This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial which evaluates mechanisms of action of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in reward processing using functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques. The results of this trial will enable us to examine whether omega-3 can improve deficits in reward processes characterized by dopaminergic dysfuncti...