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Dr. Carol Tamminga (right) receiving the Lieber Prize from Dr. Herbert Pardes, Foundation Scientific Council President
Dr. Carol Tamminga (right) Dr. Herbert Pardes (left)
March 12, 2012

As the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation celebrates 25 Years of Discovery to Recovery, it seems fitting to share a video of a presentation given by Carol A. Tamminga, M.D., the most recent winner of the Lieber...

Mother, Donor – Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Alan at high school graduation with mom (right) and grandmother (left)
February 23, 2012

My son was first diagnosed with a debilitating form of bipolar disorder when he was 19. His diagnosis was changed eight years later to schizophrenia and he died at the age of 27 and a half.

Alan began to...

Carrie Bearden, Ph.D., 2003/2005 NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Psychology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Carrie Bearden, Ph.D
February 15, 2012

I was very pleased to read Dr. Adrian Preda’s recent blog posting focused on ‘exercising the brain’. I have become increasingly excited about the potential for aerobic exercise to boost neuroplasticity (i.e., the ability...

Katrina C. Johnson, Ph.D. Emory University - Using Infant Brain Activity to Better Understand Bipolar Disorder
Katrina C. Johnson, Ph.D
February 01, 2012

NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Katrina C. Johnson, Ph.D. presented the ‘Taking Strides Against Mental Illness’ Lecture in October at the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Mental Health Research Symposium in New...

Benita Shobe former President & CEO, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Benita Shobe former President & CEO
January 25, 2012

2011 was an impressive year of progress as NARSAD Grant-funded discoveries spanned brain and behavior disorders – including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorders including OCD and PTSD and...

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