Brain Matters

Guo-li Ming, M.D., Ph.D.
Guo-li Ming, M.D., Ph.D.
March 29, 2012

In findings recently published in Cell, 2010 NARSAD Independent Investigator Grantee, Guo-li Ming, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, demonstrate that people are nearly one and a...

Aaron T. Beck, M.D. emeritus prof., Dept. of Psych. at the UPENN
Aaron T. Beck, M.D.
March 23, 2012

NARSAD distinguished Investigator Grantee, Aaron T. Beck, the 'Father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)’ proved that it can be used to help treat the 'negative' symptoms of schizophrenia. CBT was invented by Beck in...

Matthew M. Kurtz, PhD NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Wesleyan University, Schizophrenia
Matthew M. Kurtz, PhD
March 21, 2012

We know that there are large differences in outcome between people with schizophrenia, and there is evidence that these differences may be related to differences in cognitive skills such as the ability to pay attention,...

Rene Hen, Ph.D., Departments of Psychiatry Neuroscience at Columbia University
Rene Hen, Ph.D.
March 21, 2012

In 2010, Scientific Council Member Rene Hen, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Columbia University, and a researcher at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, led a...

Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D.
Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D.
March 20, 2012

A groundbreaking twenty-five year study shows that there is a correlation between the thinning of the cortex and the development of depression. The cortex is the part of the brain responsible for higher thinking and...

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