Discoveries

Mediation May Change the Brain
Mediation May Change the Brain
February 04, 2011

NARSAD-Funded Researcher Pinpoints Gene Mutation Linked To Schizophrenia that Should Significantly Improve Treatment

NARSAD Independent Investigator Jonathan Sebat, Ph.D., led the international team of researchers...

W. Ian Lipkin, M.D., University of California, Irvine
W. Ian Lipkin, M.D.
February 01, 2011

In 1991, NARSAD awarded a Young Investigator grant to W. Ian Lipkin, M.D., then at the University of California, Irvine, for a study of the Borna disease virus (BDV). His interest came from a surprising report of BDV...

Jonathan Javitch, M.D., Ph.D., of Columbia University
Jonathan Javitch, M.D., Ph.D.
February 01, 2011

NARSAD Scientific Council member Jonathan Javitch, M.D., Ph.D., of Columbia University, is part of a team that recently determined the structure of one of the five dopamine receptors in the human brain — the culmination...

John H. Krystal, M.D., Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
John H. Krystal, M.D.
February 01, 2011

Gifted researcher advances understanding of the brain’s biology that leads to breakthroughs in treatment of anxiety and other disorders

“I think we have arrived at a tipping point in the maturation of psychiatry,”...

Bryan L. Roth, M.D., Ph.D
Bryan L. Roth, M.D., Ph.D
February 01, 2011

Bryan L. Roth, M.D., Ph.D., NARSAD Scientific Council member, is a well known expert on psychopharmacology. In recent years, he has developed several experimental technologies that are now paying dividends in research...

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