Basic Research

Chiara Nosarti  Ph.D., Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
Chiara Nosarti Ph.D.
June 04, 2012

One of the largest studies to investigate birth complications and later mental health has found that premature birth (less than 32 weeks gestation) constitutes a single, independent risk factor for a range of severe brain...

Ann M. Graybiel, Ph.D., Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ann M. Graybiel, Ph.D.
May 31, 2012

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for 2012 to Ann M. Graybiel, Ph.D., Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for “elucidating basic neuronal...

Seth Blackshaw, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University
Seth Blackshaw, Ph.D.
May 22, 2012

NARSAD-funded researchers discovered that new nerve cells formed in the hypothalamus section of the brain could lead to weight gain. The study by Johns Hopkins' scientists was published in the May issue of Nature...

Gabriel Corfas, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology at Harvard ADHD expert
Gabriel Corfas, Ph.D.
May 18, 2012

NARSAD Independent Investigator Grantee, Gabriel Corfas, Ph.D., is one of the authors of a new study that found that mice carrying a certain mutated form of gene displayed the human-like symptoms of attention deficit-...

Ron Davis, Ph.D. Expert on Memory from Scripps Research Institute
Ron Davis, Ph.D.
May 15, 2012

NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee, Ron Davis, Ph.D., is the lead author of a new study that identified a mechanism essential for both forming memories and eliminating them after memories have formed. Dr. Davis is...

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