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BRAIN MATTERS

Know Science. No Stigma. Mental Health Awarness Month Social Media Awareness Drive by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
May 02, 2013
‘Know Science. No Stigma.’ Foundation Theme for Mental Health Awareness Month


TAGS: Brain Matters, General Mental Illness
Jun Z. Li, Ph.D., University of Michigan, depression expert
May 23, 2013
Foundation Grantees Identify Brain Genes Linked to Body Clock Disruption in Depression
TAGS: Basic Research, Brain Matters, Discoveries, Depression
perineuronal net, schizophrenia research
May 21, 2013
Damaged Protective ‘Net’ May Cause Malfunction in Brain Cells in Schizophrenia
TAGS: Basic Research, Brain Matters, Discoveries, Schizophrenia
Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D., of the University of California, Los Angeles, expert on anxiety and PTSD
May 20, 2013
Discovering How the Brain Rewires After Injury―and Where Anxiety May Originate
TAGS: Basic Research, Brain Matters, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Discoveries, Anxiety

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