Scientific Council Member Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD and colleagues have conducted key research revealing for the first time how alterations to gene expression in Autism Spectrum Disorders can come from changes other than...
Brain Matters
Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD
November 21, 2011
TAGS: Basic Research, Brain Matters, Discoveries, Autism
Paola Dazzan, M.Sc. Ph.D. MRCPsych
November 18, 2011
Groundbreaking research led by Dr. Paola Dazzan, NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, was recently featured on the BBC prime time show “Newsnight.” This new research can predict the severity of psychosis using sophisticated...
Charlie Rose Brain Series
November 15, 2011
In Charlie Rose’s opening of the 2nd season of his series “The Brain,” he stated, “It has been said that the brain will be to the 21st century what the atom was to the 20th century.” This fascinating episode of the well-...
Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D.
November 09, 2011
Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D., the Foundation’s 2011 Lieber Prizewinner for Schizophrenia Research, led groundbreaking research which involved, for the first time, mapping brain development across different stages of life...
Justin Miller - Brain $ells
November 08, 2011
I’ve seen the affects of brain disorders and mental illness all around me in my 17 years of life. Over the past 3 years, I’ve lost my 63-year-old grandmother (who lived with us) to a stroke; my 45-year-old uncle to...
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