Basic Research

NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Martha E. Payne, Ph.D., R.D., M.P.H. Dr. Payne, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Duke University, expert on depression
December 27, 2012

Your New Year’s resolutions for 2013 may include eating more fruits and vegetables after learning about new findings from research by NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Martha E. Payne, Ph.D., R.D., M.P.H. Dr. Payne,...

Ariel V. Deutch, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology Director, National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence Vanderbilt University Medical Center Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council Member 1997 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee, Expert on Schizophrenia
Ariel V. Deutch, Ph.D.
December 17, 2012

Over more than a century, neuroscientists have built a framework for studying how the brain works based on the neuron doctrine, which states that nerve cells, or neurons, communicate across a tiny gap, the synapse....

Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.
December 17, 2012

A ‘bottom up’ approach to understanding the brain leads to crucial new discoveries


What causes depression? Experience tells us that people can become depressed when they are under acute or chronic stress...

Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.
December 17, 2012

“Psychiatrists don’t treat diseases. They treat symptoms.” This observation by Dr. Robert Malenka reflects the lack of diagnostic tools and biologically-based tests available for mental illness. There is not yet any...

Olivier Manzoni, Ph.D., Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale in France, autism expert
Olivier Manzoni, Ph.D.
December 17, 2012

Supported with a NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant, an international team of scientists has made critical new discoveries about which brain dysfunctions cause Fragile X Syndrome and how it may be possible to correct...

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