Discoveries

Husseini K. Manji, M.D. of Duke University
Husseini K. Manji, M.D.
August 26, 2011

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council Member, Dr. Husseini Manji, is one of the leading contemporary explorers of the brain ─ that remarkable 3-pound organ which he reminds us is “the very basis of...

Lori Altshuler, M.D.
Lori Altshuler, M.D.
August 26, 2011

Bipolar disorder is characterized by cycles of mania and depression. Although the manic state is more dramatic, the depressed state is experienced three times more frequently.  A number of medications and modalities are...

Amy F. T. Arnsten, Ph.D., Yale School of Medicine
Amy F. T. Arnsten, Ph.D.
August 26, 2011

You don’t have to be a neuroscientist to know that certain of our mental faculties decline as we age. Memory is one instance or, in many people, the ability to concentrate. A NARSAD Distinguished Investigator at Yale...

Hongjun Song, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Expert on Brain Research and Autism
Hongjun Song, Ph.D.
August 26, 2011

The adult mammalian brain can generate new cells, an ability crucial to healthy brain functioning but one that can be compromised by aging or illness. In the June 24 issue of the journal Cell, Brain & Behavior...

Anthony J. Rothschild, M.D., University of Massachusetts
Anthony J. Rothschild, M.D.
August 26, 2011

Psychotic depression, which is major depressive disorder combined with psychotic delusions or hallucinations, often goes undiagnosed. The kinds of delusions that tend to typify this condition often involve fears, such as...

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