Basic Research

Guy A. Rouleau, M.D., Ph.D., University of Montreal Hospital
Guy A. Rouleau, M.D., Ph.D.
August 26, 2011

Many studies have shown that schizophrenia is a highly heritable disorder; that it is largely triggered by inherited genetic mutations or abnormal changes in the composition and function of genes. But genetic errors...

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...

Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
August 22, 2011

Addiction has been newly defined as a chronic brain disorder, as opposed to simply a behavioral problem. Studies over the past 20 years have shown  how addiction takes over different parts of the brain, to explain what...

Dr. Guy A. Rouleau
Dr. Guy A. Rouleau
July 11, 2011

Guy A. Rouleau, M.D., Ph.D., Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Distinguished Investigator and colleagues, have discovered the presence of genetic mutations in schizophrenia patients but not their parents.

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