Brain Matters

Melissa R. Warden, Ph.D., of Stanford University, expert on schizophrenia
Melissa R. Warden, Ph.D.
June 10, 2013

A team of neuroscientists, including NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Melissa R. Warden, Ph.D., of Stanford University, devised new analytical methods to decode neuronal interactions in complex cognitive tasks. Their...

Dorit Ben-Shachar, Ph.D., D.Sc., of Technion Israel Institute of Technology (TIIT), expert on schizophrenia research
Dorit Ben-Shachar, Ph.D., D.Sc.
June 07, 2013

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Grantee Dorit Ben-Shachar, D.Sc., of the Rambam Health Care Campus and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology (TIIT) in Haifa and team reprogrammed human hair follicle...

Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., University of Iowa, Expert on Schizophrenia
Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D.
June 06, 2013

Substantial evidence suggests that patients with schizophrenia have, on average, smaller volumes in several brain areas such as the frontal lobes, and that these changes progress with time. A new neuroimaging study by...

Olivier J. Manzoni, Ph.D., of INSERM, expert on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety disorders
Olivier J. Manzoni, Ph.D.
June 04, 2013

Researchers commonly use fear extinction as the main line of treatment for anxiety disorders. Extinction therapy aims to train the patient to distinguish non-threatening cues from threatening ones and to disassociate the...

Florin Dolcos, Ph.D., Expert on Anxiety
Florin Dolcos, Ph.D.
May 31, 2013

Do you know someone who tends to focus on the negative and bottle up emotions? A new study by NARSAD Grantee Florin Dolcos, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign (UIUC), reveals that the...

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