NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee, Maria Karayiorgou, M.D., and NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, Joseph A. Gogos, M.D., Ph.D, are the authors of a new study that identified dozens of new gene mutations that...
Basic Research
Maria Karayiorgou, M.D.
October 11, 2012
Olivier Manzoni, Ph.D.
September 27, 2012
Olivier Manzoni, Ph.D., of INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale) in France, used his NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant to help find a new therapeutic strategy to combat the brain deficits...
Shahrdad Lotfipour, Ph.D.
September 24, 2012
Cigarettes are among the most addictive agents known. However, tests with laboratory animals suggest this may not be the effect of nicotine alone, but that one or more of the other constituents in tobacco smoke may be...
Consuelo Walss-Bass, Ph.D.
September 24, 2012
Isolated populations with relatively homogeneous gene pools make excellent natural laboratories for genetic research. One such study examines the genetics of schizophrenia. This research focuses on the descendents of a...
TAGS: Basic Research, Discoveries, Schizophrenia
Donald M. Dougherty, Ph.D.
September 24, 2012
One in five adolescents in the U.S. aged 17 and under uses illicit drugs; one in three drinks alcohol, and of those, one in 10 binge drink. Particularly problematic at a time when their brains are still developing, these...
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