Discoveries

perineuronal net, schizophrenia research
perineuronal nets
May 21, 2013

Brain cells suspected to malfunction in schizophrenia are surrounded by a tight-fitting molecular matrix. The exact role of this coating (or “perineuronal net”) was the focus of a study by Brain & Behavior Research...

Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D., of the University of California, Los Angeles, expert on anxiety and PTSD
Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D.
May 20, 2013

NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee and professor of psychology Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D., with NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Stephanie Bissiere, Ph.D. and research team at the University of California Los...

Carmine M. Pariante, M.D., Ph.D., MRCPsych, expert on depression
Dr. Carmine M. Pariante
May 17, 2013

The mechanism behind how stress hormones cause a reduction in the number of new brain cells―a process considered to be linked to depression―was investigated by Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Grantee...

Foundation NARSAD Grantees Charles R. Conway, M.D. and Yvette I. Sheline, M.D. Experts on Depression
Drs. Conway and Sheline
May 16, 2013

In a study funded in part by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, Foundation NARSAD Grantees Charles R. Conway, M.D. and Yvette I. Sheline, M.D., and team found that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) made positive,...

Dr. Herbert Meltzer, Professor of Psychiatry at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Expert on Schizophrenia
Herbert Meltzer, M.D.
May 13, 2013

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council Member and NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee, Herbert Meltzer, M.D., recipient of the Foundation’s Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in...

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