The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation will honor 8 extraordinary scientists with Outstanding Research Achievement Prizes for their accomplishments in brain and behavior research in New York City on October 26....
Brain Matters
Outstanding Achievement Prizes
September 22, 2011
Stephanie Dulawa, Ph.D.
September 20, 2011
Currently, there is only one type of medication that has been shown to be effective in treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SRIs), including clomipramine, have been shown to reduce...
September 15, 2011
NARSAD Independent Investigator Grantee Alan S. Brown, MD, MPH and colleagues discover that maternal immune system reaction to infection can affect brain development in the unborn child. This finding may alter medical...
Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD
September 12, 2011
While most studies focus on brain and behavior disorders as cause for substance abuse (ie., self-medication), Scientific Council Member Eric Nestler, M.D., Ph.D. and colleagues have discovered how substance abuse can...
Wade Belak
September 08, 2011
The recent suicide of professional hockey player Wade Belak is the latest in a string of sports tragedies—his death follows those of New York Rangers forward Derek Boogaard and Winnipeg Jets forward Rick Rypien. There...
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