A ‘bottom up’ approach to understanding the brain leads to crucial new discoveries
What causes depression? Experience tells us that people can become depressed when they are under acute or chronic stress...
Discoveries
Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.
December 17, 2012
TAGS: Basic Research, Discoveries, Depression
Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.
December 17, 2012
“Psychiatrists don’t treat diseases. They treat symptoms.” This observation by Dr. Robert Malenka reflects the lack of diagnostic tools and biologically-based tests available for mental illness. There is not yet any...
Thomas L. Kash, Ph.D.
December 17, 2012
Alcoholism and anxiety disorders are not only among the most common brain and behavior disorders; frequently, they occur in the same individuals. The leading theories about their co-occurrence “emphasize anxiety symptoms...
TAGS: Basic Research, Discoveries, Other Illnesses
Christine I. Hooker, Ph.D.
December 17, 2012
Schizophrenia-associated deficits in cognition are not substantially improved by medication, but have been shown to improve with remedial cognitive training. The mechanisms that support this improvement have been largely...
Olivier Manzoni, Ph.D.
December 17, 2012
Supported with a NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant, an international team of scientists has made critical new discoveries about which brain dysfunctions cause Fragile X Syndrome and how it may be possible to correct...
TAGS: Basic Research, Discoveries, Autism
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