Substance abuse
Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD
September 12, 2011
While most studies focus on brain and behavior disorders as cause for substance abuse (ie., self-medication), Scientific Council Member Eric Nestler, M.D., Ph....
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...
Sports May Focus the Brain
March 25, 2011
NARSAD-Funded Researchers Find New Way to Uncover Drug Targets for Brain and Behavior DisordersNARSAD Distinguished Investigators James Eberwine, Ph.D., and...
John H. Krystal, M.D.
February 01, 2011
From The Quarterly, Winter 2011
“I think we have arrived at a tipping point in the maturation of psychiatry,” says John H. Krystal, M.D., NARSAD Scientific...
Joan Kaufman, Ph.D.
February 01, 2011
From The Quarterly, Winter 2011
A key environmental factor contributing to and highly predictive of psychiatric illness is stress. Children with a history of...
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