Occasional stress may actually have a positive impact on the brain according to a new study by lead author Daniela Kaufer, Ph.D., a Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 2009 NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, and...
Anxiety
Did you know that 40 million American adults live with Anxiety Disorders each year?
Anxiety disorders can become so severe that normal life and relationships become impaired. There are many types of anxiety disorders with their own unique sets of symptoms. Some of these disorders include panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), social phobia (or social anxiety disorder), specific phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
Daniela Kaufer, Ph.D.
April 19, 2013
Akira Sawa, M.D., Ph.D.
April 18, 2013
With the support of a NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grant, a team of neuroscientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has discovered a biological mechanism that helps explain the long mysterious...
TAGS: Basic Research, Discoveries, Anxiety
William E. Copeland, Ph.D.
April 08, 2013
Research supported in part by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation finds that children who bully, are bullied, or experience both being bullied and bullying are more likely to have mental illnesses, including...
Garret Stuber, Ph.D.
April 01, 2013
Researchers at the University Of North Carolina School Of Medicine have identified for the first time how two brain regions interact to promote emotionally motivated behaviors associated with anxiety and reward. The...
TAGS: Basic Research, Brain Matters, Discoveries, Depression, Anxiety
Rene Hen, Ph.D.
March 08, 2013
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council Member and three-time NARSAD Grantee, Rene Hen, Ph.D. of Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) led a team of researchers that may have found a way to reduce...
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