Brain Matters

The Cure Autism Fairy by Courtney Benton, an autisitc artist from Michigan
The Cure Autism Fairy by Courtney Benton
April 02, 2013

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation has funded nearly $300 million in NARSAD Research Grants to understand the causes and improve treatments for mental illness. Funding work across a broad range of psychiatric...

President Barack Obama announcing the new Brain Initiative at the White House
President Barack Obama
April 02, 2013

Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., President & CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, joined members of the Obama administration and prominent figures in government and neuroscience at the White House for the...

NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, Garret Stuber, Ph.D. of University Of North Carolina School Of Medicine, expert on anxiety disorders and depression
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...

Brain research, schizophrenia research
Brain Research
March 29, 2013

Many people with schizophrenia struggle to think clearly and remember information, and these problems prevent many from living and working independently. How these difficulties arise in the first place remains mysterious...

NARSAD Grantee Eric M. Morrow, M.D., Ph.D. of Brown University, Expert on autism research
Eric M. Morrow, M.D., Ph.D.
March 28, 2013

NARSAD Grantee Eric M. Morrow, M.D., Ph.D. of Brown University and his collaborators have identified a new genetic pathway linked to autism. The research team studied rare forms of autism and found that two genes...

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