In 2001, NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee, Dolores Malaspina, M.D. concluded that having an older father increases the risk of developing schizophrenia. Schizophrenia has strong genetic components, including de...
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25 Years of Breakthroughs
With the help of a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant, Scientific Council Member Mark S. George, M.D. developed Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a new kind of non-invasive brain stimulation as an alternative for...
In 2000, Scientific Council Members, Eric R. Kandel, M.D. and Paul Greengard, Ph.D. were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their important contributions to understanding the molecular changes in the...
In 1999, results from the Multimodal Treatment for ADHD (MTA) study - the most comprehensive study of treatment strategies for ADHD ever undertaken - were published explaining that for children with attention deficit...
In 1998, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council Member and NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee, Elliot S. Gershon, M.D. and colleagues made a significant discovery identifying a linkage of genes...
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