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NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Katrina Johnson, Ph.D. of Emory University, expert on depression and anxiety
Katrina Johnson, Ph.D.
May 07, 2013

By Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Katrina Johnson, Ph.D. and graduate student Julia Schechter, M.A. Both are Emory University researchers.

While pregnancy is often...

Marco P. Boks, M.D., Ph.D., Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, 2009 NARSAD Young Investigator  Grantee, expert on Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia and epigenetics
Marco P. Boks, M.D., Ph.D.
July 03, 2012

Marco P. Boks, M.D., Ph.D., Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, 2009 NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee: "Methylation as an Epigenetic Cause of Schizophrenia"

My idea is not entirely new and not entirely...

Simone Macri, Ph.D., 2007 NARSAD Young Investigator Sect. Behavioural Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy, stress
Simone Macri, Ph.D.
April 12, 2012

Stress during development has often been regarded as a potentially disruptive force, capable of inducing disease states if overly prolonged or exceedingly intense. It can also, however, favor resiliency and adaptive...

Matthew M. Kurtz, PhD NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Wesleyan University, Schizophrenia
Matthew M. Kurtz, PhD
March 21, 2012

We know that there are large differences in outcome between people with schizophrenia, and there is evidence that these differences may be related to differences in cognitive skills such as the ability to pay attention,...

Herbert Pardes, M.D. President, Scientific Council, Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, Physician, Psychiatrist
Herbert Pardes, M.D.
March 13, 2012

As the President of the Foundation Scientific Council, I want to express my pride and gratitude as the Foundation celebrates its 25th Anniversary. It’s astounding to me that a set of conversations which began 25 years ago...

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