Discoveries

NARSAD Grantee John A. Wemmie, M.D., Ph.D., neuroscientist, University of Iowa, Expert on panic disorders and other Anxiety Disorders
John A. Wemmie, M.D., Ph.D.
February 04, 2013

The unexpected outcome of research by NARSAD Grantee John A. Wemmie, M.D., Ph.D., neuroscientist, University of Iowa and his colleagues, has implications for the future study and treatment of people with panic disorders....

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee Lin Mei, M.D., Ph.D. of Georgia Regents University, expert on schizophrenia
Lin Mei, M.D., Ph.D.
February 01, 2013

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee Lin Mei, M.D., Ph.D. of Georgia Regents University and colleagues have identified an early step in how the brain's inhibitory cells get...

NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Bo Li, Ph.D. of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Expert on PTSD
Bo Li, Ph.D.
January 31, 2013

A pair of small almond-shaped structures called the amygdalae are often said to be the human brain’s “fear centers.” Many experiments have shown their involvement in the fear response—a complex series of biological...

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council Member, Susan G. Amara, Ph.D.
Susan G. Amara, Ph.D.
January 29, 2013

Internationally-recognized neurobiologist and Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council Member, Susan G. Amara, Ph.D., was recently appointed to the prestigious position of Scientific Director for the...

NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Dr. Rupert Lanzenberger and colleagues at the Medical University of Vienna, in Austria expert on depression
Dr. Rupert Lanzenberger
January 28, 2013

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used successfully for 70 years to relieve symptoms of major depression. Remarkably, though, precise details about how it acts on the brain to produce this effect was unknown—until...

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