Basic Research

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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Sohee Park, Ph.D.
Sohee Park, Ph.D.
May 26, 2011

Foundation Grantee Sohee Park, Ph.D., and colleagues at Vanderbilt University have discovered that impairments in a brain area involved in perception of social stimuli may be partly responsible for the difficulty...

Grigori Enikolopov, Ph.D.
Grigori Enikolopov, Ph.D.
May 13, 2011

Research conducted by Foundation Grantee Grigori Enikolopov, Ph.D., is the cover story of the May 6 issue of Cell Stem Cell. Dr. Enikolopov’s study offers an explanation for why our brains produce fewer and fewer neurons...

Paul A. Slesinger, Ph.D.
Paul A. Slesinger, Ph.D.
April 01, 2011

Alcohol and drugs of abuse such as cocaine and methamphetamines are well known to alter the normal workings of the human brain. For scientists like Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Grantee Paul A. Slesinger, Ph.D...

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