Brain Matters

Kathryn A. Cunningham, Ph.D., Expert on depression from University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston
Dr. Kathryn A. Cunningham
February 15, 2013

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Grantee Kathryn A. Cunningham, Ph.D., with her team at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston and collaborators at the University of Houston (UH), has found a...

Sarah Lisanby, M.D., Professor and Chair Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Expert on Depression
Sarah Lisanby, M.D.
February 14, 2013

This week the New York Times reports the latest research progress on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a treatment for resistant major depression. More than a decade of research into the mild...

Meet the Scientist Webinar featuring Depression Expert, Myrna Weissman, Ph.D. of Columbia University and Brain & Behavior Research Foundation CEO, Jeffrey Borenstein
"Depression in Families" Webinar
February 14, 2013

On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation presented a Meet the Scientist Webinar featuring Dr. Myrna Weissman of Columbia University. She presented an interactive presentation on "...

NARSAD Grantee Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Ph.D., , expert on schizophrenia, at the Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University and the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Ph.D.
February 12, 2013

Researchers have discovered a protein deficiency that results in mild chronic brain inflammation and is thought to lead to schizophrenia-related symptoms, such as working memory deficits, self-neglect, decreased social...

Hongjun Song, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Expert on Depression
Hongjun Song, Ph.D.
February 11, 2013

Building on findings from stem cell research in 2011 that helped explain how the brain can regenerate, NARSAD Grantees performed a sophisticated series of experiments and analyses that led them to discover a protein that...

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