Discoveries

Jun Z. Li, Ph.D., University of Michigan, depression expert
Jun Z. Li, Ph.D.
May 23, 2013
New Brain & Behavior Research Foundation-supported research finds evidence of altered “circadian rhythms” (the biological 24-hour clock that governs the function of every cell in our body) in the brain of people with...
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,...

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