In 2000, Foundation Distinguished Investigator Grantees, Paul Greengard, Ph.D., and Eric R. Kandel, M.D., were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their important contributions…
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In 1998, Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D., received Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Grant funding to support his quest to understand what happens when stress impacts and seems to “damage” the brain.…
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With support from a 1996 Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Grant, Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues identified a novel transcription factor that determines the long-lasting…
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In 1991, Foundation Scientific Council Member, Helen Mayberg, M.D., pioneered the use of positron emission tomography (PET) brain scanning technology to study the neurology of depression. With the…
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In our second year of grant-giving, 1988, Dr. Herbert Meltzer received a Distinguished Investigator Grant to test his idea that clozapine might be a good option as a “second generation” antipsychotic…
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