Recent Foundation-funded research led by NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee Aaron Beck, M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, demonstrates that a targeted form of cognitive therapy can improve psychosocial and...
Discoveries
Aaron Beck, M.D.
November 15, 2011
Allan T. Gulledge, Ph.D.
November 15, 2011
The chemicals that act in the brain act in other parts of the body as well─in the heart, in the respiratory system, in muscles. Drugs that affect brain chemicals can therefore cause unwanted side effects in other body...
Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D.
November 15, 2011
Leading researcher seeks to understand molecular basis of stress and resilience in the brain
One of the most remarkable facts about depression is that it remains a “syndrome” ─ a list of symptoms, as opposed to a...
TAGS: Basic Research, Discoveries, Depression
Keming Gao, M.D., Ph.D.
November 15, 2011
For people with mood disorders such as bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder─complex, heterogeneous illnesses on their own─having other brain and behavior disorders at the same time is the rule rather than the...
Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D.
November 15, 2011
A recent study by Dr. Eric Nestler’s team explored how an acquired behavior such as stress due to “social defeat” could cause behavioral changes in an individual’s offspring. It is well known that the way a mother treats...
TAGS: Basic Research, Discoveries, Depression
Pages
