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...
Basic Research
Pablo Gejman, M.D.
November 15, 2011
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS), begun in 2005 as a coordinated international effort to search for genes associated with susceptibility for complex diseases, have yielded important findings in virtually every major...
TAGS: Basic Research, Discoveries, Schizophrenia
Charlie Rose Brain Series
November 15, 2011
In Charlie Rose’s opening of the 2nd season of his series “The Brain,” he stated, “It has been said that the brain will be to the 21st century what the atom was to the 20th century.” This fascinating episode of the well-...
Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D.
November 09, 2011
Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D., the Foundation’s 2011 Lieber Prizewinner for Schizophrenia Research, led groundbreaking research which involved, for the first time, mapping brain development across different stages of life...
Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D.
November 09, 2011
Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D., a 2011 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee and professor of psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles, points out that we experience fear, just as we experience pain, for...
Pages
